Assertions by Asian Football Confederation (AFC) President Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, a candidate for the presidency of world soccer body FIFA, that he was not involved in the arrest and abuse of sports executives and athletes in his native Bahrain in 2011 raise more questions than answers.

The International Olympic Committee’s ‘Agenda 2020’ is a series of reforms that include sweeping changes to the host city bidding process. But will the changes be effective and do they go far enough?

Cost overruns and absent tourism benefits are the norm when hosting mega-events, US economist Andrew Zimbalist told Play the Game 2015. And according to Hans Bruyninckx from the European Environmental Agency, hosts should also start thinking about the carbon footprints of their events.

Baku 2015, the first-ever European Games, represented a deliberate attempt to re-invent Azerbaijan’s public image. But did the plan backfire?

The Sport and Rights Alliance raises critique over lack of explicit human rights consideration in the newly released IOC Host City Contract.

Transparency International has joined forces with the #NewFIFANow campaign to convince the Executive Committee to embark on real reform at their July 20 meeting.

Europe salutes its athletes in June at the first European Games. Salutes in the shadow of the crackdown of human rights defenders in Azerbaijan.

The International Trade Union Confederation has joined the FIFA reform group New FIFA Now in a campaign urging World Cup sponsors to take a stand against the conditions for migrant workers in Qatar preparing the country for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.