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?

The old Elsinore Theater in Aarhus provided an ambient setting when two FIFA presidential candidates presented their vision for the football body in a broader panel discussing the future of FIFA in front of Play the Game 2015 delegates.

More than a decade after the establishment of WADA and World Anti-Doping Code, the biggest challenge in the fight against doping is no longer the lack of rules and formal political support, but countries and sports that do not effectively comply. The challenge must be addressed step-by-step, a debate on doping concluded.