Desporto

O SIGA Sport Integrity Forum congregará dirigentes, executivos seniores, especialistas de desporto, governantes, organizações internacionais, empresas globais e representantes da sociedade civil para abordar as questões mais prementes e os grandes desafios que a governança e integridade do desporto enfrentam no presente.O fórum incluirá sessões de painéis interativos e...

A Fifa anunciou nesta quarta-feira que a partida entre África do Sul e Senegal, pelas eliminatórias africanas para a Copa do Mundo, será jogada novamente. A entidade divulgou um comunicado em seu site, informando que a decisão foi tomada por ter sido constatada manipulação de resultado. O árbitro do...

Terminou hoje em La Valetta, capital de Malta que neste momento acolhe a presidência semestral da União Europeia, o Fórum Europeu do Desporto que reúne os principais intervenientes da política desportiva europeia. Entre delegados de importantes federações desportivas internacionais e europeias, do Movimento Olímpico, entidades representantes do sector e...

Real Madrid, FC Barcelona and five other Spanish football clubs must repay tens of millions of euros in illegal state subsidies, after the EU executive found they had received unfair financial aid from their government. Real Madrid, the world’s top-earning football club, will have to repay €18.4m (£15.4m), after...

The Gambling Commission has welcomed the Government’s announcement of a domestic charter for Sports Governance in the UK and will support ongoing work towards the preparation of a Code of Sports Governance in the UK. The Commission’s Sports Betting Intelligence Unit continues to receive a steady flow of reports...

PROTECTING CLEAN ATHLETES FROM COMPETITION MANIPULATION WAS THE FOCUS OF A PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT MEETING ORGANISED JOINTLY BY THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (IOC) AND INTERPOL IN BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, LAST WEEK. Another tangible result stemming from Olympic Agenda 2020, the meeting brought together key figures dealing with the national prevention of...

A few days before the IF Forum is hosted in Lausanne with its focus on governance in sport and the manipulation of competitions, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Sportradar signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Friday, which will see both organisations exchange information that they are privy...

On 15 April 2015, a Special Event was organized by UNODC and the International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS). The event was opened by the Executive Director of UNODC, the Secretary-General of the Thirteenth Congress and the President of the International Centre for Sport Security, in the presence of...

FIRST INTERNATIONAL FORUM FOR SPORTS INTEGRITY ADOPTS ROADMAP FOR FUTURE ACTION TO PROTECT CLEAN ATHLETES IOC launches whistle-blower hotline for competition manipulation and other ethical issues that threaten the integrity of sport Another Olympic Agenda 2020 recommendation was implemented today when the International Forum for Sports Integrity (IFSI) met...

Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, of the Council of Europe Convention on the manipulation of sports competitions with regard to matters related to substantive criminal law and judicial cooperation in criminal matters. CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL Match-fixing is widely regarded...

A multimillion-pound levy on all sports betting is being considered by Labour with the revenue ploughed back into grassroots sports. Some of the funds would also be used to tackle problem gambling. The proposal is set out in a new “sport for all” document issued by Harriet Harman, the shadow...

Study on sports organisers’ rights in the European Union – Executive Summary EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The legal protection of rights to sporting events (”sports organisers’ rights”) is a contentious issue. While in recent years distinct aspects of the problem have been addressed by legislatures and courts, both at the national...

Study on sports organisers rights in the European Union – Final Report EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The legal protection of rights to sporting events (”sports organisers’ rights”) is a contentious issue. While in recent years distinct aspects of the problem have been addressed by legislatures and courts, both at the national...

Outline of the initiative 1. Holding international sporting events is associated with high risks of corruption. Compared to other areas, organization of major competitions has certain specific features that increase its vulnerability to unethical practices. In particular, being selected to hold a major international sporting event is often a...

COUNCIL DECISION of 10 June 2013 Authorising the European Commission to participate, on behalf of the EU, in the negotiations for an international Convention of the Council of Europe to combat the manipulation of sports results with the exception of matters related to cooperation in criminal matters and police...