A written declaration signed by 400 members of the European Parliament urges the European Commission to take the lead in the fight against corruption in sport.

The Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee inquiry into England’s failed 2018 World Cup declares itself “appalled” by allegations of corruption levelled against FIFA executive committee members and calls on FIFA to commission an urgent independent investigation.

At their General Assembly last month, the umbrella organisation for national lotteries and gaming companies in Europe, European Lotteries (EL) passed a Resolution on Public order and Integrity of Sport with concrete initiatives that aim at protecting sporting competitions from illegal betting and match fixing.

A call for the establishment of an International Agency to protect the integrity of sport supported by 60 MP’s was forwarded last week in Strassbourg at a special hearing on match-fixing and corruption hosted by the Council of Europe.

UK Minister for Sport Hugh Robertson is shocked by the latest FIFA revelations and underlines the need for 'fundamental reforms' in the football body.

Former FIFA Vice-President Jack Warner is gone for good from the corridors of football power in Zurich, Switzerland. His former deputy, CONCACAF General Secretary Chuck Blazer, now calls the shots in the most populous confederation of the western hemisphere.

Comprehensive studies prove a wide variety of beneficial effects of playing football. A future challenge is to make the game accessible to new groups of potential players.

The new UEFA concept of Financial Fair Play is blurry and mounts the risk of court cases, according to leading sport economic, Professor Stefan Szymanski from the CASS Business School in London. Others do not see any good alternatives.