Intervention by Jens Sejer Andersen, International Director, Play the Game & the Danish Institute for Sports Studies at a public hearing organized by the European Parliament, 18 December 2012.

The long-running battle between FIFA and former Ex-Co member and Asian football president Mohamed Bin Hammam seems to have reached an end. In a statement yesterday, FIFA states that Bin Hammam has received a lifetime ban from world football based on the final report from the FIFA Ethics Committee.

You can follow the hearing live on the Internet on Tuesday 18 December from 15h CET.

The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) is under pressure from both the IOC, the Indian government and Indian athletes after the association held their presidential elections after several warnings from the IOC who ultimately handed out a suspension the day before election day.

There are six months left of the reform process being carried out by FIFA in the wake of a string of scandals that have seriously damaged the organisation’s credibility. Michael Hershman, one of the key figures on FIFA’s new independent governance committee (IGC), argues that President Sepp Blatter is facing a “once in a lifetime” opportunity and that, regardless of the internal opposition, change is coming to world football’s governing body.

Earlier this month the Swiss government published a report on corruption in sport with proposals on possible measures to combat the problem. This article by Jean-Loup Chappelet, professor of public management at the Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration (IDHEAP) in Lausanne looks into the perspectives the report raises for sport organisations as well as for Switzerland.

New ways of networking and increased awareness against corruption in sport may become the most important legacies of Brazil’s hosting of the biggest mega-events in the next four years.