As our present News Coordinator Kirsten Sparre has decided to explore new paths in her professional life, Play the Game seeks her successor to begin as soon as possible.

It takes a cool country to deal with the hottest issues in sport. Therefore Play the Game is happy to announce that for the first time, its world communication conference on sport and society will be held outside Denmark and go to Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland.

The new international volleyball federation does not only face hard resistance from the old one, but must overcome challenges on the inside in order to present a real alternative, Play the Game’s director writes in this editorial comment.

Play the Game is happy to announce an agreement with professor Hans B. Skaset who will work as a Senior Consultant for Play the Game on a honorary basis in the coming years.

Time has come to form a global coalition for good governance in sport based on the model of WADA. So says Jens Sejer Andersen, director of Play the Game, who launched the idea in a speech at the recent conference “Play Fair with Sport” organised by UEFA and the Council of Europe.

Play the Game is organising a course on international sport in Switzerland in December. The target group is Nordic journalists but a few places will be available for journalists from other countries in Europe.

Play the Game now offers a new meeting place for all journalists, sports officials, academic researchers and others with an interest in serious discussion of how the world of sport develops and tackles its problems.

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