A series of ongoing investigations in Brazil and France displays the extensity of corruption surrounding last year’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. IOC reaffirm its commitment to protect the integrity of sport.

Efforts to clean up international and regional sports governance six years into one of the worst crises in its history have yet to tackle the elephant in the room: the incestuous and inseparable relationship between sports and politics as indicated in Play the Game’s Autonomy Index.

International sports organisations need to change gender classification procedures in women’s athletic events to be consistent with their own values, recent research argues.

Heads of IOC Athletes' Commission Angela Ruggiero and Tony Estanguet, lash out against their WADA counterpart, following statement against IOC decision on Russia.

According to the Olympic Charter, every National Olympic Committee must be free from government interference. A new survey from Play the Game shows that at least one in seven NOCs have leaders with formal ties to their national governments.

On 12 April 2017 CAS lifted the suspension of Kuwait Shooting Federation imposed by the General Assembly of the International Shooting Sport Federation. The CAS ruling could have a long term impact on Kuwait’s suspension from multiple sports and the associated international intrigues.

The UN Secretary-General has decided to close the United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace (UNOSDP). The decision may send a “problematic message”, says EPAS Consultative Committee.

Two years after the launch of an IOC whistleblower hotline, expert raises questions regarding its independence and utility. The IOC offers little information about the extent of its use.