Purpose–To identify the organisations that provide global governance within the sports
industry, to discuss their role, and to suggest that they have self‐governance problems due …

Abstract This article examines Global Sports Organisations (GSOs) in the light of the recent
and numerous allegations and findings of corruption against them. In a seemingly …

In this article, structural issues with regard to the quality of the self-governance of the 35
Olympic sport governing bodies (SGBs) are analysed. First, this article presents empirical …

Governance has become a hugely important issue within sport. Issues of corruption and 'bad
governance'have become synonymous with some aspects of sport and closer scrutiny than …

Sport governance has become an increasingly widespread subject for research and
teaching in sports studies. This engaging and accessible textbook examines the governance …

Concerns have been raised about the finance of football clubs in England and elsewhere.
With the increasing realisation that football is a business, and therefore should be treated as …

The aim of this paper is to discuss the changing global sport governance environment in a
globalized society. To do so, it focuses on the various international actors who participate in …

Governance has been a prominent word in international sport circles since the beginning of
the twenty-first century. However, better governance will not cure all the ills of this wide …

Over several decades serious questions about the governance standards of sport have
surfaced in the public with irregular intervals. In the past couple of years, however, the …

Sport Governance provides a comprehensive guide to the practical application of
governance principles to amateur and professional sport organisations operating at the …