Sports & politics

There are numerous cases in which politics have played a positive part in the history of sports. Like the famous example of the sporting boycott of South Africa during apartheid. But in many more cases politics are misused to force biased disputes between countries. There is a thin line between what’s lawful and what’s simply wrong. FERW aims to spot and prevent the abuse of power in the industry of sports.

FERW letter to FIFA in the Daily Telegraph

FERW has written to FIFA, jointly signed with a senior backbench MP, inviting it to pursue a new and simple policy. It has the...

Iran Calls on FIFA to Suspend Israeli Football Federation Amid Gaza Conflict

In a bold move, Iran's football federation has formally petitioned FIFA, the global governing body for football, urging the suspension of the Israeli football...

London City Lionesses Players Rally for Club’s Survival Amid Financial Concerns

London City Lionesses players have expressed concerns over the future of the club and have called on owner Diane Culligan to seek new investors...

Just over one in nine back football’s fit and proper test, finds major new...

Just over one in nine (12 per cent) of the public back football’s current “fit and proper test”, which is administered by the Premier...

FERW Worst Football Awards

FIFA has just run its 2023 annual awards. You can find out more about it at https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/the-best-fifa-football-awards The Best FIFA Football Awards™ have been awarded...

The need for Ethics Watching continues

Reports have been emerging over the weekend of a major scandal involving Members of the European Parliament (MEPs). Investigations are ongoing and information is obviously...

FERW: UK Government must come clean on Newcastle United takeover by Saudi-backed consortium

FIFA Ethics and Regulations Watch (FERW) strongly believes the UK Government must make its’ position clear on the takeover of the Premier League’s Newcastle...

Webinar today, 1400-1530 London time

Football Reform:Taking back control of the beautiful gameFriday, 24th February2pm until 3.30pmThe UK government has just published its White Paper on football reform.With financial...

FERW calls on FIFA to stop 2022 World Cup expansion into Qatar’s neighbours

FIFA Ethics and Regulations Watch (FERW) strongly opposes FIFA's expansion of the World Cup matches into Qatar’s neighbours. The position adopted by the FIFA Council following...

Football fans continue to be short-changed when it comes to having a say about...

"Football is nothing without fans" is a phrase that has been wheeled out regularly over the last year, since we have been locked out...

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