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Sport: Bread and Games, Power and Money?

World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2011
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Sport is today an organized, worldwide billion-dollar activity. Sport connects all classes, creates winners and losers, heroes and models, and releases enormous collective emotions. Outstanding performances are needed for the legitimization of political systems.

1. What importance has sport in our society?
2. Can Violence in connection with sport be avoided?
3. Are outstanding performances possible without doping? What role do fame and money play?

former top athlete; coach (promotion of youth), Switzerland

Professor of philosophy and sports sociology, Institute of Philosophy, Free University of Berlin, Germany

Co-Chief Executive Officer, Kentaro Ltd, United Kingdom

Goalkeeper, German national team (1994 to 2006), Germany

CEO, socialutions; project leader fan coordinator UEFA EURO 2008

Moderation:Sonja Hasler,

Swiss Television

Impression 2011

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