The third day of the Play the Game 2013 conference opened with a session about the FIFA reform process and key experts presented their evaluation of the reforming work. You can now watch or re-watch the presentations from the session.

Play the Game’s international director Jens Sejer Andersen has called on politicians and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to take a greater role in funding investigations into sports governance and ensure the safety of whistle-blowers.

Has football’s world governing body implemented any meaningful reforms since the much-criticised bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups? A top FIFA official and some of the organisation’s most prominent critics shared a platform at the Play the Game conference to address this question.

In the run up to Play the Game 2013 where good governance in international sports organisations will be a major theme, professor Roger Pielke Jr. presents a closer look into his research on FIFA’s reform process showing that in spite of lengthy and time consuming work, the actual progress made is very small.

One of the hottest topics in international sport today is the need for good governance: How do global organisations achieve transparency and accountability?

After 8 years in the seat, Irish Pat McQuaid had to see himself defeated as president of the International Cycling Union at the electional congress held this Friday in Florence, Italy, where British Brian Cookson was elected as the new president at an election described as ’farcical’ by observers.

The German Thomas Bach takes over the presidency of the IOC from Belgian Jacques Rogge and must immediately embark on an internal power struggle in top sport.

A summary of a secret dossier said to contain witness testimonials and other documents about alleged corruption involving UCI president Pat McQuaid and former UCI president Hein Verbruggen has been leaked. McQuaid denies all allegations.