The circumstances may be unique, but the disgraced peer is part of a wider problem.
Chennai Super Kings, one of the two IPL teams now suspended, has fielded cricketing giants in the past including Australia’s Matthew Haydn.
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The US and Swiss cases against FIFA executives are full of drama, but success is not a given. A new model for managing sporting corruption should be considered.
The production of indicators, such as the World Economic Forum’s ranking of economies on competitiveness, is a political process.
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Governance indicators have become essential for policy formation and political decision-making, helping us make sense of the messy social world, manage and govern it.
Blatter’s re-election reflects the powerful rejoinder he’s made to the Eurocentric view of football. But he’ll be hard pressed to outlive the latest crisis.
Looks pretty bad from where we stand.
EPA/Justin Lane
South Africa’s inequality levels are stark. The rich are super rich, the poor very poor. There’s a gaping hole in the middle and this is the greatest threat to stability.
Preparing for scrutiny. Wednesday’s FIFA press conference gets ready to roll.
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Football’s governing body and its President Sepp Blatter are used to annual meetings which run like clockwork. US and Swiss police have made sure this time it’s different.
The Iraqi army has not been on point.
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A new report from the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption says Australian universities have become increasingly reliant on income from fee-paying international students, and is letting academic standards slide for the valuable income stream.
The investigation that brought down the NSW Premier, Barry O'Farrell, is one of several that has put the powers of ICAC in the spotlight.
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ICAC has claimed some high-profile scalps, prompting some claims that the watchdog is out of control. Yet our new research shows 99% of complaints don’t proceed to a formal investigation.
A group of Chinese villagers has been raising hell over a corrupt local boss – exposing an unedifying contradiction at the heart of the Chinese system.
Save The Elephants suggests that 100,000 elephants were killed for their tusks in the past three years.
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