A lot has been said about FIFA's reform process, and it is difficult to get a sense of what has actually been accomplished. In this article, Roger Pielke presents the results of his formal evaluation of the reform process, providing a more objective basis for assessing the outcome.

Roger Pielke Jr. comments on the role of Sunil Gulati - member of FIFA's governance reform committee until he was recently elected to join the FIFA ExCo - who last week at FIFA's Congress in Mauritius "found himself in the odd position of receiving advice that he has helped to prepare".

During SportAccord’s General Assembly in St. Petersburg, Russia on Friday, Austrian Marius Vizer was elected to take over from Hein Verbruggen as President of SportAccord, the umbrella organisation for all Olympic and non-Olympic international sports organisations.

Age limit and term of office, two of the key points in the FIFA reform decree to be signed during this week’s FIFA congress have been postponed and will not be voted on this year.

After many years in the shadow of taboos, sports corruption is now debated freely and at the highest level of sports policy making. All the right words are in place at three huge global meetings this week, but convincing action is still far away.

Amidst accusations of financial mismanagement, Hungarian Tamás Aján was re-elected president of the International Weightlifting Federation during this week’s IWF congress in Moscow, Russia.

Switzerland, home of more than 30 international sports organisations, is looking to introduce a law that will make corruption and bribery in private companies and organisations a penalty.

In the International Weightlifting Federation under IOC honorary member Tamás Aján, the whereabouts of several million dollars of Olympic revenues are unaccounted for. Despite accusations of financial mismanagement, the IOC, supported by CAS, has so far declined responsibility to act on the allegations.