Impunity may soon be over for sports leaders who excel in corruption in Swiss-based organisations. But law changes cannot stand alone and should be followed up by governance changes, writes Arnout Geeraert in this analysis.

Ministers from around 50 countries are expected to sign a new convention at a conference in Switzerland in September where they will also discuss the risk of other forms of corruption in sport

Investigative journalism is scarce in the sports world. A few lone wolves are breaking away from the pack – but not without considerable personal and economic consequences. In the first of two articles on investigative journalism in sport, freelance writer Lars Andersson portrays three journalists who regularly challenge sport’s self-image.

Reports on the level of pollution in Rio’s Guanabara Bay reinforce doubts about the waters’ suitability as a 2016 Olympic venue.

Through his organisation Foot Solidaire, Jean-Claude Mbvoumin has dedicated more than 14 years of his life to the fight against illegal trafficking of young African footballers. It is a fight that is far from over – and one that FIFA recently brought to light through the sanctioning of FC Barcelona and the club’s exploitation of young players.

The number of new clubs taking part in the Champions League for the first time has more than halved over the last two years according to Play the Game's annual Diversity Index.

"Forget conferences and talking heads and a five-star gravy train. Look towards forming an International Sporting Integrity Unit," says former FIFA investigator Terry Steans in a comment about match-fixing in British newspaper The Telegraph.

"The fixers have, at times, gone into the offices and boardrooms of the top officials who organize the sport," writes Declan Hill, who uncovers how match-fixing on high level has taken place with the connivance of top-level soccer officials.