In 2013, FIFA president Sepp Blatter triumphantly proclaimed the success of FIFA’s internal reform process. Presiding over the football governing body’s annual conference in Mauritius, Blatter claimed that FIFA had “weathered the storm” of recent corruption scandals and could move…
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You know it’s bad when you’re making FIFA look good
The corruption virus spreads to athletics as the IAAF finds itself facing a monumental task to clean up the sport. Athletics is in many ways the purest of all sports. Questions about who can run the fastest, jump the highest…
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Golf, gluttony and adultery; the curious world of anti-corruption in China
If you’re going to crack down on corruption, then you need to be clear in your mind about what you’re cracking down on. The Chinese Communist Party seems to have interesting ideas in that regard. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP)…
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FIFA’s Reforms; More Smoke and Mirrors?
Sepp Blatter has announced how FIFA plans to improve its governance procedures and also to weed out corrupt practices. The ideas outlined on 20 July might sound plausible enough but they lack two crucial things; independent oversight and faith that…
SCSC Director Dan Hough talks FIFA and corruption allegations on the BBC
It has been a big week for FIFA, the governing body of world football. The newly-re-elected President, Sepp Blatter, signaled his intention to resign and criminal investigations in the USA and Switzerland are doing ever more damage to the organsation’s…
FIFA; where to now?
Sepp Blatter is soon to be the former president of FIFA, the governing body of world football, but questions are already being asked as to both who will succeed him and what he/she will do to restore FIFA’s battered…
Mike Tyson and the UK’s Anti-Corruption Plan
On 18 December UK Government finally unveiled its long-awaited National Anti-Corruption Plan (see here). The plan covers pretty much every area of public life in the UK, ranging from sport to prisons, and from how British companies should do business…
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