The woeful state of governance across four of the six FIFA confederations was exposed in a fascinating evening session discussing also what the role of the confederations should take in world football.

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.

Look for evidence if you want to promote physical activity. And realise who your target groups actually are and where they are most likely to be physically active. Those were among the recommendations in a debate on the ‘inactivity crisis’ hosted by ICSSPE at Play the Game 2015.

Beware of the anti-match fixing industry, fixing expert Declan Hill told Play the Game 2015. Not everyone is working towards the same goal.

Sport’s inability to work for the good of society was the key theme in a session entitled ‘Playing with credibility: The corruption of international sports’ in which more speakers agreed that sport is in need of revolutionary change.

Watch Canadian IOC member Richard W. Pound give his view on the Sports Governance Observer and some perspectives on good governance in international sports federations.

“Good sports governance” is something of a buzz-phrase. But how can sport be better-administered? And how can governments help?