POSTED: Wednesday January 11th 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The international sports movement commits to defending the integrity of competitions globally
Lausanne, 11 January 2012 – Today, SportAccord kicks off its Global Programme to Stop Match-fixing in Sport at http://integrity.sportaccord.com.
The Programme aims to raise awareness about what is responsible sports betting behaviour and to help athletes and officials from having match-fixing destroy their careers and sports. The manipulation of sports results or ‘match-fixing’ refers to the irregular influencing of the course or the result of a sports event in order to obtain advantage for oneself or for others and to remove all or part of the uncertainty normally associated with the results of a competition.
SportAccord, the umbrella organisation for 105 Olympic and non-Olympic sports federations created a special unit dedicated to Sports Integrity in 2010. The international sports movement has recognised that the fight against the manipulation of results is an absolute priority and therefore, with the support and expertise of the WLA (World Lottery Association) and the EL (The European Lotteries), the Global Programme has been developed. Generic tools are available free of charge for use by international sports federations their athletes and officials including:
• E-Learning Programme ‘How to Prevent Match-Fixing from Destroying your Career’;
• SportAccord Guide to ‘Integrity in Sport: Understanding and Preventing Match-Fixing’;
• Code of Conduct on Sports Betting Integrity for Athletes and Officials;
• Model Rules on Sports Integrity in Relation to Sports Betting.
World experts have contributed to the Programme, including Dr. Declan Hill, author, journalist, academic and recognised integrity expert and Mr. Christian Kalb of CK Consulting, a strategic consultancy company specialised in sport and gambling. The technical expertise for the
e-learning Programme and Integrity Guide have been provided by SportBusiness.
Sports federations and organisations who choose to make it mandatory for athletes and officials to complete the e-learning Programme ‘How to Prevent Match-Fixing from Destroying your Career’, will require a Tailored Programme that will enable assessment and certification of athletes/officials in order for them to be able to compete in official sports competitions.
Upon the launch of the programme, Hein Verbruggen, President of SportAccord:
“Sports integrity is without a doubt sport’s main asset. Those who trust the athletes and teams, the fans, should never have the slightest doubt about the veracity of the result of a competition; for it is this incertitude that creates the beauty and richness of sport.”
For further information, please contact:
Sports Integrity Unit, SportAccord, Maison du Sport International, Avenue de Rhodanie 54,
CH-1007 Lausanne, Switzerland
Email: integrity@sportaccord.com
Website: http://integrity.sportaccord.com
About SportAccord
SportAccord is the umbrella organisation for 105 international sports federations and organisations. Its mission is to support and to protect the common interests of the sports movement. Activities include the online video portal The Sports Hub, the organisation of multi-sports games, doping-free sport, as well as sports’ social responsibility and sports’ integrity.
http://www.sportaccord.com
http://www.youtube.com/thesportshubchannel
http://www.facebook.com/SportAccord
http://twitter.com/sportaccord
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Keywords · sport · accord · integrity · match-fixing · e-learning · betting
Name: Iwona Lapinska
Organization: SportAccord
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