FIFA vice-president Jack Warner is currently at the centre of a World Cup ticket scandal in the small state of Trinidad and Tobago.

The World Association of Newspapers (WAN) is determined to fight attempts by global sports organisations to impose restrictions on media coverage of mega-events because they want to protect their commercial rights programmes. The first target of the campaign is FIFA.

Attempts to apply pressure on football referees are so rife that it has been necessary for football organisations to appoint neutral inspectors to travel with referees.

Knowledge bank: FIFA has more member nations than the UN. Steven Menary examins the reasons for this phenomena in his conference presentation at Play the Game 2005.

Knowledge bank: This is the story of an earthquake. It is the story of the collapse of the former marketing giant ISL/ISMM which was for decades the leader in the Olympic world – and in the world of football.

Investigative reporter Andrew Jennings speaks about his work of getting nearer the truth about corruption and bribery inside the top management of FIFA.

Knowledge bank: Julio Grondona is said to be the man behind Sepp Blatter, the president of FIFA.

Delegates at Play the Game today agreed to send a letter to FIFA urging it to speak up louder when journalists are threatened, attacked or penalised for trying to cover football related stories.