🚨 Volunteers needed for Play the Game 2025! 🚨
We are still looking for enthusiastic volunteers to join us at Play the Game 2025 in Tampere, Finland (5–8 October 2025).
Interested, contact Cecilie Rohde Andersen at cecilie.andersen@idan.dk
18.09.2025 06:44 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Yuliya and Vitaly Stepanova risked their lives to expose state-sponsored doping in Russia💊 Their testimonies changed the world of sport – but at great personal cost!
In this article, ARD tells a disturbing truth🚩
www.sportschau.de/stepanovs-cr...
15.08.2025 06:15 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Conference programme
The programme overview for Play the Game 2025 is now available.
The full programme of the next @playthegame-org.bsky.social conference (Tampere, Finland, 5-8 October) is now online. It's a cracker.
www.playthegame.org/conferences/...
14.08.2025 10:28 — 👍 9 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
💥 Excited to share that the programme for Play the Game 2025 is now online, featuring 275+ presentations, 60 sessions, and 4 days of inspiring debate, knowledge-sharing, and networking.
👉 www.playthegame.org/conferences/...
14.08.2025 10:18 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
✨𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐞 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐞𝐲𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞 2025✨
I am truly excited to share that World Champion gymnast and eight-time NCAA Champion Maggie Nichols will deliver the opening keynote at Play the Game 2025!
👉 www.playthegame.org/2025
12.08.2025 18:39 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
💥 We are excited to announce that Caster Semenya, Annet Negesa & Evangeline Makena Kathenya will take the stage at #ptg2025 in a session titled👇
🎙 Athletes’ power: Owning their narrative, shaping a collective future
Read more about the conference👇
www.playthegame.org/2025
07.08.2025 07:51 — 👍 11 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
🎤 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞 2025: 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞
🔗 Download the programme overview👉 playthegame.org/conferences/...
If you have questions about the programme, feel free to reach out to @staniselsborg.bsky.social at stanis@playthegame.org
29.07.2025 08:49 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
🎤 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞 2025: 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞
🔗 Download the programme overview👉 playthegame.org/conferences/...
29.07.2025 08:48 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
🌍 Who should we hear from on mega-event legacies - especially beyond Europe and North America?
We’re organising the below session at Play the Game 2025.
Got a suggestion? Drop it at stanis@playthegame.org
More info about the conference👉 www.playthegame.org/2025
26.07.2025 14:59 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
At Play the Game 2025, we're hosting a main session on the inclusion of transgender athletes in sport.
We're seeking a sports federation voice for a diverse, nuanced panel. Contact me at stanis@playthegame.org if interested. More on sessions and speakers: www.playthegame.org/2025
11.07.2025 17:34 — 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
More than 280 people from across the globe have already signed up for #ptg2025, and we can’t wait to welcome them to Tampere, Finland, 5–8 October🥳
Are you planning to join us too?
👉 www.playthegame.org
07.07.2025 16:30 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
🚨 I am thrilled to share the title for Play the Game 2025
In a time of growing polarisation, we aim to keep the democratic conversation in sport alive. That’s the ambition behind this year’s title – to reaffirm dialogue as a force for accountability, understanding, and change.
20.06.2025 09:04 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
With a record-breaking 250+ abstracts and storylines submitted for Play the Game 2025, we’re now moving into the next phase: shaping a programme that will be insightful, thought-provoking, and diverse in both voices and themes.
👉 www.playthegame.org/2025
11.06.2025 15:18 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
What do Play the Game conferences have to offer?
We asked @philippeauclair.bsky.social why you should sign up and take part in the global conversation on key issues in international sport 👇
Register by 30 June to secure the discounted rate www.playthegame.org/conferences/...
11.06.2025 08:04 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Yes
07.06.2025 15:38 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
🇸🇦PIF, Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, has just been announced as an official partner of FIFA Club World Cup 2025❗️
For more on PIF, which is headed by Mohammed bin Salman, see our research from December 2024👉 www.playthegame.org/projects/sau...
👉 inside.fifa.com/tournament-o...
06.06.2025 04:57 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 2
Why is Play the Game 2025 relevant?
We have asked members of the #ptg2025 programme committee to share why you should sign up and take part in the global conversation on key issues in international sport 👇
Register by 30 June to secure the discounted rate www.playthegame.org/conferences/...
02.06.2025 08:07 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲?
We have asked members of the #ptg2025 programme committee to share why you should sign up for the conference 👇
Register by 30 June to secure the discounted rate
www.playthegame.org/conferences/...
27.05.2025 08:36 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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