Professor and Director of the Mulier Institute in the Netherlands, Koen Breedveld, gives his view on the development in' sports activities among adults and how cooperation between researchers and policy makers can be a gain in policy planning.

Beware of the anti-match fixing industry, fixing expert Declan Hill told Play the Game 2015. Not everyone is working towards the same goal.

Sport’s inability to work for the good of society was the key theme in a session entitled ‘Playing with credibility: The corruption of international sports’ in which more speakers agreed that sport is in need of revolutionary change.

Watch Canadian IOC member Richard W. Pound give his view on the Sports Governance Observer and some perspectives on good governance in international sports federations.

“Good sports governance” is something of a buzz-phrase. But how can sport be better-administered? And how can governments help?

The old Elsinore Theater in Aarhus provided an ambient setting when two FIFA presidential candidates presented their vision for the football body in a broader panel discussing the future of FIFA in front of Play the Game 2015 delegates.

More than a decade after the establishment of WADA and World Anti-Doping Code, the biggest challenge in the fight against doping is no longer the lack of rules and formal political support, but countries and sports that do not effectively comply. The challenge must be addressed step-by-step, a debate on doping concluded.

The growing recognition of governance failures and corruption within organisations that govern international sports fuelled a sharp debate during the first plenary session at the main conference venue of Play the Game 2015, with many calling for the International Olympic Committee to take more responsibility for improvement.