In this speech prepared for the EASM conference in Aalborg earlier this year, Bonita Mersiades guides us through the development of football in Australia.

With allegations of incompetence, Guyana’s national football team has rebelled against its own federation and refused to play. Steve Menary reports on the fights for better governance in several Caribbean federations after last year’s bribery scandal that scattered the world of football.

A book written by Bonita Mersiades, planned to be published March 2013, reveals the details of the lobbyism going on behind closed doors in the FIFA World Cup bidding process.

The legacy of the 12 new or refurbished stadiums for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil will all fall below international average if nothing is done to strengthen the plans for their after-use.

French football team Paris Saint-Germain has recently signed a record sponsorship deal with Qatari National Bank. This deal is only a part in a long-term strategy designed by Qatar to forge national identity with sports as a key-pillar, says journalist and blogger James M. Dorsey in this article that takes a look into the Qatar-France relationship.

Now you can watch two more keynote sessions from the EASM 2012 conference. Lord Triesman and Jérõme Champagne talks about FIFA culture and equality in football, and Jens Sejer Andersen presents Seven sins of omission in sport and James M. Dorsey fills us in on football in the Mid-East.

Despite being ahead of schedule the Russian World Cup organisers are still facing a number of challenges in terms of legacy, transport, racism and other issues on the way towards 2018. David Gold, British freelance journalist, analyses Russia’s World Cup preparations after the announcement of the 11 host cities for the tournament.