Integrity building in sport must be accelerated, says Transparency International (TI) in their latest ‘Global Corruption Report’, which this year focuses on sport, and provides a long range of recommendations for approaches to reforming sport.

Following allegations that tennis authorities have not acted effectively enough on match-fixing reports in the sport, tennis will initiate an independent review of the anti-corruption efforts with the aim of safeguarding the integrity of the sport.

WADA’s independent report on doping in athletics says that Russia should be banned from international competition for upholding a state-supported doping system.

Too many sports federations have proven unable to take action on the avelanche of revelations of governance malpractice that is currently hitting sport. Put them under administration, says Andreas Selliaas in this comment.

More athletes in the Olympics, more women in sport bodies and more media attention were among the different approaches on how to create more gender equality and less corruption in sport discussed in a Play the Game 2015 session.

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.

The second half of the opening session of Play the Game 2015 focused on FIFA reform and the ongoing criminal enquiry into corruption at the organisation.

Not only FIFA needs an overhaul. Most international sports federations fail to comply with basic standards for democracy, transparency and accountability. The new report ‘The Sports Governance Observer 2015’ identifies serious governance deficiencies in international sport.