A governing body is basically the main offical who decides what goes where and who does what,so in national sporting cases a governing body would have to make sure that all the correct preperations were in place or all the correct procedures were taking place.
governing bodies are the people who take care of the sport and run the sport in technical terms.
they have the power to change or overrule decisions and rule changes,they are the people with the power in sporting cases.
