International sports associations caught between $ signs and human rights ideals
By James M. Dorsey
A just published study highlights how commerce and glitz are reinforcing support for autocracy by international sports associations and undermining the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) newly found resolve to hold potential host cities to human rights standards to which world soccer body FIFA pays lip service.
The study by Andrew …
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