1.2 million pounds has reportedly been transferred from a Qatari company to then FIFA ex-co member Jack Warner shortly after Qatar won the hosting rights for the FIFA World Cup 2022, writes UK newspaper the Daily Telegraph.

The FIVB General Director Fábio Azevedo is accused of taking a million-dollar bribe in a domestic case from Brazil that now leads to an investigation of FIVB President Ary Graça.

Comment: While the public demand for better governance in sport rings louder than ever, sports leaders are confronted with troubles inherited from the past

The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) yesterday agreed to amend its constitution after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) threatened to withdraw recognition of the body for failing to comply with the IOC’s rules for good governance.

Play the Game’s international director Jens Sejer Andersen has called on politicians and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to take a greater role in funding investigations into sports governance and ensure the safety of whistle-blowers.

A summary of a secret dossier said to contain witness testimonials and other documents about alleged corruption involving UCI president Pat McQuaid and former UCI president Hein Verbruggen has been leaked. McQuaid denies all allegations.

At UNESCO’s international conference of sports ministers in Berlin there was wide agreement on the need to strengthen the global action against match-fixing and other types of corruption in sport. But the Berlin Declaration does not commit any actors to concrete action.

Up to $ 30 billion has been stolen from the budget of the Sochi Winter Olympics, argues Russian opposition leader, Boris Nemtsov, in a new report released yesterday.