No one knows the exact extent of corruption in sport, but experts estimate that we only hear about five per cent of all cases – the rest is hidden. Today, Play the Game welcomed 220 delegates to the fifth world communication conference on sport and society in Reykjavik and one of the key objectives is to throw light into some of the darker corners of sports governance.

Play the Game 2007 will be covered live by The Pulse, with video reports, conference streaming, articles and an interactive forum for website visitors and conference participants to keep up to date with all conference events.

Cintamani, an Icelandic producer of high-quality outdoors equipment, have entered into a sponsorship agreement with Play the Game, whereby all participants at Play the Game 2007 will receive an exclusive Cintamani windproof jacket.

Olympic Torch relay to bypass Taiwan; Conference 'Sport et Travail' (Sport and Work); Congress of the European College of Sport Science.

On 20th of August, some 2000 Kosovar athletes from various sports disciplines in their sports uniforms protested in the main central square of Prishtina, Mother Theresa, on the grounds of being discriminated against in competing at an international level. Now, the United Nations Mission in Kosovo has set up a working group to examine the situation.

The Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation is alleged to have understated its earnings by 173 million Trinidad and Tobago Dollars (USD 28 million), devaluing bonus payments for national team players. A final decision over bonus payments will now be decided by arbitration in London after legal proceedings were initiated in Trinidad on 21 September.

Turkish Cypriots hope that meeting between football governing bodies, FIFA and UEFA, will bring them one step closer to leaving football’s international wilderness.

Earlier this month, one hundred South Korean handball players and officials protested outside the Kuwaiti embassy, alleging undue political and economic influence in Asian handball after a controversial defeat to Kuwait for the men’s team. For the Koreans, it is not the first time though they have been the victims of contentious decisions in Asian handball.