Governance scandals have rocked the sports world in recent years. According to researcher Antoine Duval, the lack of transparency holds a great part of the blame. In this comment piece, Duval points to three areas in sports governance that are in need of greater transparency.

It seems that not all 35 Olympic Federations are concerned with the IOC’s increasing demand for good governance in sports. Critics are targeting the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) for its governance practices.

According to a BBC programme, Lord Sebastian Coe became president of the International Associations of Athletics Federations (IAAF) with the help of Papa Massata Diack, former IAAF marketing consultant, involved in an alleged system of corruption in sports.

The ban on Russian athletics remains, says the IAAF but leaves loophole for athlete whistleblowers to compete independently at the Rio Olympics.

Public support requires high levels of governance, says EU Ministers responsible for sport and adopt recommendations regarding the integrity of major sport events.

An ASOIF task force has designed a new governance assessment tool to help Olympic summer sports to “promote and ensure a culture of governance”. But the new tool risks weakening IOC’s promises of independent control, says Play the Game’s international director.

More than a year after its release, it is reasonable to ask if the recommendations within the CIRC report have helped the UCI get the sport back on track? Not as much as needed, says The Outer Line in this comment piece, which proposes a detailed reform plan for pro cycling that will change both its governance and way of doing business, making it an “independent, self-governing and more economically-sustainable premier league sport”.

Sanctions on Kuwaiti sports form part of a local political power struggle that implicates international sports leaders, writes Danish newspaper.