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 warns of huge Saudi Sport-Washing Plans, Football Clubs, Players should not Join

FIFA Ethics and Regulations Watch (FERW) express its deep concerns over the huge and rapid Saudi efforts in the sports sector which aims at...

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...

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 Response to the Announcement of an Independent Football Regulator

The British Government announced today how it intends to proceed with the regulation and oversight of football clubs. It has previously committed to responding...

Good Intentions and Hidden Risk

This year’s news coverage of the “Football Black List” has generated polarising responses on social media. And not just because it is unfortunately misnamed...

Is Ronaldo’s Sports Deal With KSA Made To Cover Up Atrocities of violations and...

A human rights organization has confirmed that Saudi club Al-Nasr has made a deal to contract the famous Portuguese player Cristiano Ronaldo to represent...

10 Lessons from the World Cup

Now that the World Cup is over, we can take a step back and review the event in the round. Here are ten lessons we...

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 applauds Iranian team spirit

As the Group Stage in the World Cup progresses, it's already starting to become clear which are the teams that are going through and...

“Qatar ruins footballers’ claims to be activists”: Times

A recent provocative opinion piece in the (London) Times challenges the reader. Will Lloyd writes of how footballers, formerly subjects of incessant and blistering tabloid...

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