The Indian Hockey Federation has been suspended by the Indian Olympic Association after allegations surfaced that the federation’s general secretary, Kandaswamy Jothikumaran, accepted a bribe to select a certain player for the national team.

Bribery is part and parcel of winning media rights for sports events allege defendants in the criminal trial of six former employees of the ISL/ISMM media group, FIFA's former media partners.

Mark Davies, managing director of global betting giant Betfair, has called for a world anti-corruption agency for sport.

From 1989 to 2001, the world’s biggest marketing company ISL/ISSM paid personal commissions – or bribes – worth an unbelievable 138 million Swiss francs (87,5 million euros) to sports officials and other persons involved in the dealing of sports TV and marketing rights.

Match-fixing and corruption are nothing new in Asian Handball according to Bahraini Olympic Committee member Mohammed Abul. Abul provided documents to Bahrain newspaper, The Gulf Daily News, which suggests that Kuwait bought referees to ensure ‘success’.

Play the Game, the fifth world communication conference on sport and society, closed its proceedings today with a call for a global coalition for good governance in sport.

How do you make an attention-grabbing TV documentary when no one will go on record?

Play the Game took a critical look at the workings of football’s  governing body, including the remit of its ethics committee, the World Cup bidding process and alleged corruption.