So SportAccord, the umbrella organisation for International Federations, is proposing changing its name. Because, among other things, it sounds a little like the SportAccord Convention, the commercial operation that works under its patronage. Well you can’t argue with that, can you?

After the hype, the hugs. Inevitably Tony Bellew and David Haye embraced like long lost brethren at the conclusion of their fistic tale of the unexpected.

Convincing old leaders when to quit is one of many problems confronting the sports movement as it strives to improve governance standards.

We have written this before on plenty of occasions in recent months, but the last week has been an immensely difficult one for the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

We have heard this week that International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach is considering changing the rules so that cities bidding for the Olympic Games for a second time pay less than those launching a first attempt. 

Back in January, South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) President Alejandro Dominguez was controversially appointed to head up FIFA’s Finance Committee.

Why is Paris bidding to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games again? Why mobilize so much energy behind the organization of an event that will take place in seven years? How can Paris instill meaning to these Games and how can these Games help both the Olympic movement as well as French civil society?

David Grevemberg, chief executive of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF), has described the process of matching a particular Games with a particular host as being "almost a courting exercise, a process of exploration and discovery."

The following email landed in my inbox by mistake this week. It appears to be from someone with an e-sports business.

In boxing, fighters' fathers can be a pain in the posterior. Particularly if they have done a bit themselves. You need look no further than Eubank & Son for confirmation of that. 

Sport, as in other walks of life, has a funny way of only listening to opinions and evidence with which it agrees. A conveniently commissioned “independent report” will invariably appear to back-up a chosen view, while a coterie of loyal disciples will always be on hand to correct anything which deviates.

Budapest’s bid for the 2024 Olympic Games was reduced to dust earlier this week, joining Hamburg, Rome and lest we forget Boston in being downed in this race alone. Just days before, Japanese officials and certainly a number of residents of Sapporo – although only a small sample size – were bustling with excitement about pursuing a bid for Winter Olympics.

And then there were two.

Tomorrow, I am speaking at the Crossing the Line Summit being put together by my good mate, Gearoid Towey.