Jose ‘Peping’ Cojuangco Jr. is the past in the Philippine Olympic Committee. Ricky Vargas is the present. Lars Andersson tells the story about how a National Olympic Committee president tainted by corruption allegations eventually got ousted. But what change will it bring to the large country with a troubled sports system?

The North American bid has taken clear lead in front of Morocco’s before the FIFA decision on the World Cup 2026 hosting. For weighty financial and political reasons, FIFA seems strongly in favour of an American world cup.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) confirms it has decided to lift the suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee.

A ministerial investigation into corruption and mismanagement in the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC), seeping through to various of the country's sports federations, is currently being carried out.

National anti-doping organisations call IOC’s decision to reinstate Russia, if there are no further positive doping tests, “pragmatic” rather than “principled”.

A new law designed to protect young athletes in the US comes into force amidst widespread criticism of national sports bodies.

An extensive report into USA Swimming claims that the swimming body has knowingly ignored and actively covered hundreds of abuse cases taking place in a culture that accepted sexual relations between coaches and under-age athletes.

Independent Testing Authority’s independence is questioned by swimming coaches who call on aquatic sports to “not succumb to the massive pressure from the IOC” to join the ITA, calling it a ‘broken system’.