Kirsten Sparre
Editor, Ph.D.
Kirsten Sparre (b. 1964) has worked for The Danish Institute for Sports Studies and Play the Game since November 2019. Prior to that she was employed as News Coordinator with Play the Game from 2005-2007 and a frequent contributor to the website from 2007-2014 in a freelance capacity.
She holds a degree in journalism from the Danish School of Journalism (1990) as well as an MA (1991) and a Ph.D in Peace Studies (1998) from Bradford University, UK.
She has extensive journalistic as well as academic experience and held a position as assistant professor from 2014-2019 with the Danish School of Media and Journalism & Aarhus University, DK.
Idrættens Analyseinstitut
Artikler
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Medlemsforeninger oplever begrænset udbytte af at være med i Dansk Atletik
21-06-2022
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Idans idrætspolitiske podcast skifter navn og flytter til Mediano 2
23-05-2022
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Politisk aftale flytter sekretariatet for platform til bekæmpelse af matchfixing
24-02-2022
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Ny rapport giver indblik i samarbejdet mellem samråd og kommuner
11-02-2022
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Dansk samarbejde om at bekæmpe matchfixing er ikke nået særligt langt
15-12-2021
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Forsker i motionsdoping vinder Julius Bomholt-prisen
08-12-2021
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Idrætsdeltagelsen er på vej op, efter at idrætsfaciliteterne er åbnet igen
01-11-2021
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Kasper Hjulmand fik Gerlev-prisen for 2021
27-09-2021
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Stor interesse for viden om at bygge bro mellem kommuner og idrætsliv
10-09-2021
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Ny viden fra foreninger i Aarhus Kommune om betydningen af fællesskaber
01-09-2021
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DIF vil gå mere offensivt til værks i international idrætspolitik
08-07-2021
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Nye analytikere på plads hos Idrættens Analyseinstitut
07-07-2021
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Tre konkrete forslag til at lette byrderne for foreninger med en bankkonto
05-07-2021
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Partier bag udlodningsloven udsætter evaluering af fordelingsmodel
02-07-2021
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Ministre vil presse internationale idrætsforbund til større gennemsigtighed
01-07-2021
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Idan skal evaluere arbejdet i den nationale platform mod matchfixing
02-06-2021
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Minister vil have flere med indvandrerbaggrund ind i idrætsforeninger
31-05-2021
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Ny rapport samler viden om faciliteter til den danske svømme- og vandkultur
28-04-2021
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Altinget blander sport og politik i et nyt medie med premiere i maj
15-04-2021
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Webinarer fra VidenHUB sætter ny viden om svømme- og vandkultur i spil
12-04-2021
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Ekspertgruppe bør hjælpe med plan for genåbning af idræts- og kulturliv
04-03-2021
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Menneskerettigheder skal være topprioritet i europæisk idræt
17-02-2021
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Samrådene oplever at have indflydelse, men vil gerne have mere
11-02-2021
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Ny viden: Danmark har over 200 samråd inden for idræt, kultur og fritid
11-02-2021
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Forum for Idræt søger artikler om coronas betydning for idrætslivet
04-02-2021
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Ny undersøgelse: 90 pct. af danskerne går tur i fritiden
01-02-2021
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Webinar vil hjælpe idrætsanlæg med at opfylde FN’s verdensmål
22-01-2021
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Ny kviklånsaftale gør det nemmere for banker at sponsorere idræt
21-01-2021
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Samråd om VM i Qatar: Regeringen har ikke planer om politiske initiativer
13-01-2021
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Skuffelse i Danmark efter mild straf til Rusland i dopingskandale
18-12-2020
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Gode idrætsfaciliteter for piger skal have rum til både samvær og aktiviteter
02-12-2020
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Nyt initiativ vil styrke forståelsen af idræt som branche i Danmark
12-11-2020
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Syddansk Universitet spørger 400.000 danskere, hvordan de bevæger sig
19-10-2020
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Ny bog: Idrætsforeninger bidrager til samfundet, men kunne gøre mere
16-10-2020
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9 ud af 10 i 9. klasse dyrker motion en eller flere gange om ugen
15-10-2020
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Kulturminister står fast: Team Danmark skal sikre eliteatleters trivsel
08-10-2020
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Millioner til Dansk Skoleidræt for at få mere bevægelse i folkeskolen
07-10-2020
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Nye aktive trækker idrætsdeltagelsen op efter genåbningen
29-09-2020
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Ny undersøgelse kortlægger fritidslivet på Færøerne
09-09-2020
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Regeringens forslag til at beskytte eliteatleter møder kritik
28-08-2020
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Coronakrisen påvirker stadig danskernes idrætsvaner
06-07-2020
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Studie: Flere influenzadødsfald når sportsklubber kommer til ny by
03-07-2020
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Team Danmark-ordning for erhvervsuddannelser virker, men få bruger den
26-06-2020
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DIF vil rejse flere matchfixingsager med frit lejde
23-06-2020
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Piger og kvinder har dårligere vilkår i dansk fodbold end drenge og mænd
12-06-2020
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Danskerne ser optimistisk på egne motions- og sportsvaner efter coronanedlukningen
26-05-2020
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Kampen mod matchfixing kræver politifolk med specialviden
25-05-2020
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Amnesty og regeringen afgør, om Danmark skal til VM i Qatar
20-05-2020
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Uden foreninger og fællesskaber falder danskernes idrætsdeltagelse
13-05-2020
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Markant færre har dyrket sport og motion under coronanedlukningen
07-05-2020
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Markant færre har dyrket sport og motion under coronanedlukningen
07-05-2020
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Tal på vej om coronakrisens betydning for idrætsfaciliteter
04-05-2020
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Peter Forsberg forsvarer sin ph.d.-afhandling
21-04-2020
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Idan undersøger, hvordan coronakrisen påvirker danskernes motionsvaner
16-04-2020
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Vifo og Idan undersøger samvirkers betydning for kommuner og foreninger
17-01-2020
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Idans analyse- og forskningschef rådgiver om kulturstatistik
22-11-2019
Videncenter for Folkeoplysning
Artikler
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Fortælleværksteder skal sætte nye billeder på, hvad folkeoplysning er og kan
18-05-2022
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Vifo vil undersøge livet i Folkeuniversiteternes lokalkomitéer
22-03-2022
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Ny rapport giver indblik i samarbejdet mellem samråd og kommuner
11-02-2022
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Aftenskoler skal muligvis til at betale moms af deres undervisning
24-01-2022
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Folkeoplysning og fællesskaber – en debat med mange facetter
11-10-2021
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Debat: Forslag om større krav og skarpere definitioner i folkeoplysningsloven
05-10-2021
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Dansk Folkeoplysnings Samråd gør det nemmere at blive medlem
06-09-2021
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Ny viden fra foreninger i Aarhus Kommune om betydningen af fællesskaber
01-09-2021
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Der er lagt op til kampvalg i folkeoplysningens brancheorganisation
26-08-2021
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Nye analytikere på plads hos Idrættens Analyseinstitut og Videncenter for Folkeoplysning
07-07-2021
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Tre konkrete forslag til at lette byrderne for foreninger med en bankkonto
02-07-2021
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Partier bag udlodningsloven udsætter evaluering af fordelingsmodel
01-07-2021
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Ekspertgruppe bør hjælpe med plan for genåbning af kultur- og idrætsliv
04-03-2021
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Samrådene oplever at have indflydelse, men vil gerne have mere
11-02-2021
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Ny viden: Danmark har over 200 samråd inden for idræt, kultur og fritid
11-02-2021
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12 organisationer vil have grøn demokratifond på finansloven
19-10-2020
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Kulturminister beder kommuner om at være fleksible overfor aftenskoler
13-10-2020
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82 pct. af højskolerne gik online under coronanedlukningen
23-09-2020
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Ny undersøgelse kortlægger fritidslivet på Færøerne
09-09-2020
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Vifo undersøger højskolernes pædagogik under nedlukningen
03-06-2020
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Færre har dyrket fritidsaktiviteter under coronakrisen
03-06-2020
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Uden foreninger og fællesskaber falder danskernes idrætsdeltagelse
13-05-2020
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Vifo og Idan undersøger samvirkers betydning for kommuner og foreninger
17-01-2020
Play the Game
Artikler
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‘Sport & Politics’ publishes a special magazine about Andrew Jennings
24-02-2022
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First output ready from project to strengthen athlete power in sport
28-09-2021
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Human rights in sport rises to the top of the agenda in the Council of Europe
17-02-2021
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Good and bad effects of corona pandemic on sports participation in Denmark
15-10-2020
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Australian football executives sue FIFA whistleblower
09-08-2020
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From Iceland to India: 13 new countries join the National Sports Governance Observer project
20-11-2019
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Journalists investigating sports corruption exposed to many kinds of risks
15-04-2019
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Democracies hold the power in international sport - but there is little democracy in sports
05-11-2013
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Mega-events do not have a trickle-down effect on sports participation
31-10-2013
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Understanding why taxpayers end up with the bill for white elephants
30-10-2013
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West Germany considered pumping swimmers full of air
29-10-2013
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Match-fixer: I did it to survive
28-10-2013
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FIFA's new governance committee under fire for lack of transparency and independence
21-12-2011
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Mega-event politics: Ukraine stops killing of stray dogs before EURO 2012
06-12-2011
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New study claims doping is bigger threat to sport than match-fixing
16-11-2011
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Mega sports events are coming back to Western countries - temporarily
15-11-2011
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Sums of bribes for top FIFA officials exposed at hearing in Brazil
02-11-2011
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Surveying media coverage of Play the Game: Another story about football
19-10-2011
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Former FIFA vice-president caught on tape talking about cash gifts
14-10-2011
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FIFA's Director of Communications promises to speak at the next Play the Game conference
06-10-2011
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Jens Weinreich and Andrew Jennings win 2011 Play the Game Award
06-10-2011
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Play the Game delegates call on the IOC to gather all stakeholders to draft a code for good governance in sport
06-10-2011
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Being a real woman: A matter of testing or self-declaration?
05-10-2011
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Pound: No reason to trust that FIFA can clean up its own corruption
03-10-2011
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Senior IOC-member: IOC must mobilise sports organisations to deal with corruption
03-10-2011
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Play the Game is about passion, politics, money ... and sources in abundance
19-09-2011
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Sports organisations attempt to free athletes from Middle East politics
15-10-2010
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Former athletes want to kick career politicians out of Indian sport
11-10-2010
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Human rights activists want India to call off Commonwealth Games
30-08-2010
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FIVB reimburses corruption crusader for part of legal costs
05-03-2010
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HIV/AIDS will be a major issue for FIFA World Cup
16-12-2009
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Canadian border police drilled journalist on whether she would speak about the Olympics
08-12-2009
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Taiwan's president vows to clean up match-fixing in baseball
01-12-2009
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Beach volley partnership collapsed in total acrimony
02-06-2009
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Ethical volleyball federation has problems following its own standards
02-06-2009
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FIVB president promises democratic future to volleyball federations
26-05-2009
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FIVB stops practice that has enriched former president Acosta
21-04-2009
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German Football Federation attacks critical sports journalist with lies
21-11-2008
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Only minor convictions in corruption case against ISL executives
09-07-2008
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Sport and development conference forced to cancel after loss of funding
25-06-2008
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Acosta voluntarily gives up presidency of the FIVB
20-06-2008
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Kenya's world cup hopes in danger after fight over federation
30-05-2008
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Kenya's sport minister acted in excess of his powers, says court
30-05-2008
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Taxpayers and residents will pay dearly for Sochi Winter Games
26-05-2008
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Fight over rights to cover sports events moved into EU Parliament
23-05-2008
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FIVB president’s plan to retire may just be a power game
20-05-2008
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Regional handball federation continues foul play against Greenland
25-02-2008
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The Dangers of Sports Journalism
05-01-2008
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WADA president believes that the sports world should consider coalition against corruption
01-11-2007
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220 people gather in Reykjavik to discuss ways to end corruption in sport
29-10-2007
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International governance mess threatens Greenland's handball future
12-09-2007
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National Olympic Committee still controls San Marino volleyball
12-09-2007
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Tibetans set up national Olympic Committee to go to Beijing
10-08-2007
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New policy aims to set up India as a world leader in sport
10-08-2007
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FIVB suspends volleyball federation in San Marino
10-08-2007
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EU's White Paper on sport says more research is needed before action
08-07-2007
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Kenyan runners kickstart local development process
28-06-2007
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Athletes at Pan Am Games may update their websites after all
28-06-2007
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Prevention programme proposed to stop football trafficking
28-06-2007
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IOC asked to prevent evictions and protect Olympic workers
27-06-2007
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FIFA reorganises before ISL court case opens in March next year
27-06-2007
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Boxing federation bans ex-president and expels secretary general
27-06-2007
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The Olympic Games as a force for social change
26-06-2007
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Promises and reality in foreign reporting from the Olympics
26-06-2007
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Greenland victim of foul play in regional handball federation
07-05-2007
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Newspaper publishers worry about new restrictions on sports coverage
12-04-2007
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Liberian football vice president calls his own organisation corrupt
12-04-2007
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Liberian sports official attacks journalist in front of congress delegates
12-04-2007
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Commercial horse racing in Mongolia is endangering child jockeys
12-04-2007
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Suspended IOC member Park Yong-sung got amnesty in fraud case
23-02-2007
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FIFA president talks about his salary and denies bribery repayment
23-02-2007
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Female ski jumpers challenge IOC for breach of human rights
23-02-2007
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EU Commission asks citizens for their views on EU involvement in sport
23-02-2007
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Danish football club reported to FIFA for trafficking of young players
23-02-2007
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Boxing reforms off to rocky start with suspension of outspoken critic
23-02-2007
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Athletes are forbidden to update websites and blogs from Pan Am Games
23-02-2007
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Sports minister in Togo refused to punish volley leader for FIVB
31-01-2007
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Scandal upon scandal in Macedonian football
31-01-2007
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Poland sets fighting corruption higher than football interests
31-01-2007
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In Finland illegal doping drugs now arrive by courier
31-01-2007
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Founder member of Play the Game withdraws from 2008
31-01-2007
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Football fans assault radio reporter in Brazil
31-01-2007
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Fears in Ukraine for neo-nazi influence on football
31-01-2007
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Feyenoord questions whether a club can be responsible for hooligans
31-01-2007
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Fallen Italian football president can continue in the IOC
31-01-2007
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Secret Czechoslovakian doping programme will be exposed in 2007
19-01-2007
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Newspaper organisations continue fight against sports federations
19-01-2007
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Little support for Balco reporters from anti-doping agencies
19-01-2007
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FIFA and Kenyan minister fight over legitimate leadership of football federation
19-01-2007
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Two Olympic committees vie for power in Panama
19-01-2007
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UEFA wants to cooperate with the police to stop money laundering
19-01-2007
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Women in Somalia can play sport again after end of Islamist rule
19-01-2007
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States and news organisations support Balco reporters in court
22-12-2006
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New boxing president sets up reform committee to clear up corruption
22-12-2006
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Gibraltar fears that its UEFA application will not succeed after all
22-12-2006
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FIFA severely reprimands vice president Jack Warner for illegal ticket sales
22-12-2006
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China relaxes rules on foreign reporters in the run-up to the Olympics
22-12-2006
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Business organisations want amnesty for suspended IOC member
22-12-2006
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China raises Everest climbing fees to make room for trial run of Olympic torch
22-12-2006
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Kenya steps up pressure on Bob Munro
01-12-2006
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The UN adopts new action plan for sport and development
27-11-2006
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New FIABVB president will be watched closely
27-11-2006
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Former UN weapons inspector to watch over skiing ethics
27-11-2006
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Football fans beat up two journalists in Argentina
27-11-2006
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FIFA punishes Iran's government for interfering in football
27-11-2006
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Danish professional cyclist tells all about his doping use in the 1990's
27-11-2006
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Council of Europe wants sports federations to be part of policymaking
20-11-2006
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Kenya Premier League continues to fight for corruption-free football
20-11-2006
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Islamic rulers in Somalia label sport a satanic act
20-11-2006
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Disabled athletes also targets for kidnappers in Iraq
08-11-2006
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The Chinese gamble so much on football that no one wants to watch it
31-10-2006
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Play the Game suggests global coalition for sports governance
13-10-2006
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French IOC president convicted of corruption
13-10-2006
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UEFA makes Gibraltar wait for membership after Spanish intervention
13-10-2006
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Showdown with corruption in Cambodias Olympic Committee
10-10-2006
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Trinidad & Tobago's national team resigns in row over World Cup bonus
10-10-2006
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Swiss magistrate accuses FIFA official of taking bribes
29-09-2006
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Judge rules Balco reporters must talk or go to jail
29-09-2006
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Jack Warner mounts defence but is not expected to sue FIFA
29-09-2006
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International cricket will throw out racist spectators
29-09-2006
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Greenpeace tries to stop Olympic constructions in Sochi
29-09-2006
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Eccentric chess president wants to be president of IOC
29-09-2006
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Calls on FIFA to lift its intolerable ban on Jennings
29-09-2006
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FIVB critics will found new federation in Copenhagen
20-09-2006
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FIFA vice president breached FIFA code to sell 4500 World Cup tickets
12-09-2006
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Romanian president wants Securitate files on athletes opened
08-09-2006
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Gibraltar to become member of UEFA despite Spanish resistance
08-09-2006
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FIFA does not feel obliged to work with difficult journalists
08-09-2006
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Chairman of Play the Game resigns
08-09-2006
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Blood profiles and anti-doping expert to clean up cycling
08-09-2006
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UEFA and European politicians to discuss sports governance at conference
08-09-2006
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Undemocratic cricket constitution rejected in Zimbabwe
08-09-2006
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Ismail Bhamjee looses all football posts after World Cup ticket affair
24-08-2006
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FIFA takes action against Croatian fans forming human swastika
24-08-2006
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Director of Swedish anti-doping organisation sniffed cocaine
24-08-2006
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Young Chinese athletes in collective doping case
24-08-2006
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One Swaziland reporter assaulted by soccer player, another by fans
10-08-2006
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New Zealand Cricket compensated for government's action on human rights
10-08-2006
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IOC must soon come up with final decision on member convicted of fraud
10-08-2006
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Greek politicians exempted football from new law after FIFA pressure
10-08-2006
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Foreign correspondents say China is not ready to host Olympic press corps
10-08-2006
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Athletes and sports officials in Iraq under constant threat of murder or abduction
10-08-2006
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Tourists are deterred by the Olympics, claims new report
07-07-2006
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Spanish authorities urged to publish all information in doping case
07-07-2006
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IOCs Ethics Commisssion punishes Drut despite French pardon
07-07-2006
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EU Commission will produce White Paper on sport next year
07-07-2006
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Another French IOC member in court on corruption charges
07-07-2006
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Play the Game publishes conference magazine
23-06-2006
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Jennings claims FIFA paid back bribes money to ISL
23-06-2006
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FIFA officials abuse world cup ticket system
23-06-2006
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Cricket reporters still wait for official report on police assault
23-06-2006
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Play the Game invites FIFA to set the record straight
09-06-2006
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Framework for FIFA's new Ethics Committee unclear
09-06-2006
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FIVB accuses ex-secretary general of embezzlement
09-06-2006
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Disgraced Italian soccer president can still work for FIFA
26-05-2006
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70 national federations behind challenge to FIVB and Acosta
26-05-2006
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TV host felled for his part in Juventus scandal
26-05-2006
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FIFA gets partial ban on sale of new book by Jennings
09-05-2006
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Homeless World Cup 2007 to Copenhagen
09-05-2006
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FIFA lets off Jack Warner
07-04-2006
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Handball sponsor threatens life of sports editor
07-04-2006
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Work on genetic doping test has begun
07-04-2006
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Swedish ombudsman: Boycott World Cup in protest against prostitution
07-04-2006
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FIVB rules make it impossible to challenge president
07-04-2006
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Football World Cup enrolled in fight against forced prostitution
17-03-2006
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FIFA lifts all restrictions on newspaper photos
17-03-2006
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Claims and counter-claims in Volleygate
31-08-2005