In Brazil, the sports minister Orlando Silva has resigned from his government post after the country's Supreme Court decided to investigate serious accusations of corruption that have been levelled against him in different media over the past few weeks. Silva says he is leaving government in order to defend his honour.

Comment: Last week, the United Nations' General Assembly passed the Olympic Truce resolution. The question is whether the Olympic Truce has any importance at all.

The next football World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games threaten to produce a catalogue of white elephants for Brazil, while restricting benefits to the business community, a panel of academics warned at today’s Play the Game.

Comment: While trying to control the riots in London, London Mayor Boris Johnson must also ensure that the riots will not affect the London Olympcs and that they do not happen again in July 2012.

Comment: Wednesday 6th July the IOC will decide who will host the Winter Olympics in 2018. The battle is between the cities Pyeongchang, Munich and Annecy. Pyeongchang is bidding for the third time and many see the Koreans as a narrow favourite. But favourites are rarely victorious!

Analysis: Putin’s increasing influence in the Olympic world and the awarding of the FIFA World Cup to Russia and Qatar make it clear for everybody: Everything is for sale in the world of sport – and the worst is to be expected. The German freelance journalist Jens Weinreich looks behind the curtains of international sport politics.

Comment: Al-Jazeera has called the current uprisings in the Middle East a feminist revolution. The news channel also argues that women’s participation has made the protests more peaceful than they might have been otherwise. Could the happenings in the Middle East also spill over into sport?

The Olympic stadium in London's future after 2012 is being loudly debated in England. The big question is whether it should be torn down or remain standing after the Games.