Sport Integrity Week to kick off in Sao Paulo with Football Integrity Match and a forum
August 22 – Sao Paulo, Brazil, will kick off SIGA’s Sport Integrity Week with a match and a forum on November 9 and 11.
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SIGA brings its Women’s Leadership Forum to Europe
August 8 – Having organised the recent editions of its SIGA Summits on Female Leadership in Sport in the US, SIGA have announced the debut of the SIGAWomen Leadership Forum which will be held in Portugal on September 11.
Qataris launch initiative to boost inclusion in sport in Asia and MEA regions
August 2 – As the Paris 2024 Olympic Games enter their second week, a new partnership has been launched by the Qatar Foundation, Education Above All Foundation, and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) aiming to use sports to promote equality, inclusion, and education in Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa.
SIGA adds health management specialists TrueClinic to membership
August 1 – The Sport Integrity Global Alliance (SIGA) has added TrueClinic as its newest member.
Comment: Taxi for Southgate? They’re coming home…
July 15 – The pain goes on amid intensifying frustration and recrimination. Football once again isn’t coming home, not to England at least. By Andrew Warshaw
Spending the greenbacks. Euro 2024 climate fund allocates €7m
July 15 – The UEFA Euro 2024 Climate Fund has allocated a total of €7 million to support sustainable infrastructure projects across Germany.
PFA joins Fifpro’s legal challenge to FIFA’s ‘overloaded’ international calendar
June 14 – England’s Professional Footballers’ Association has joined the Fifpro-led legal action against FIFA over the “overloaded and unworkable” football calendar.
SIGA schedules expert forum on financial integrity for June 13 in New York
June 6 – The Sport Integrity Global Alliance (SIGA) and its North American arm, SIGA AMERICA, have schedules June 13 for an expert forum on Financial Integrity and Transparency in Sport (FITS), in New York city, USA.
SIGA opens membership applications for third cycle of its Youth Council
May 30 – The Sport Integrity Global Alliance (SIGA) has opened applications for its SIGA Youth Council (SYC).
SIGA opens applications for 2024/25 women’s mentorship programme
April 18 – The Sport Integrity Global Alliance (SIGA) has opened applications its 2024/25 edition of the SIGA Women Global Mentorship Programme, its sixth edition.
ICSS takes centre stage as demand for sports integrity expertise grows
By Andrew Warshaw
March 28 – When Mohammed Hanzab set up the International Centre for Sport Security back in 2010 with the vision of safeguarding global sport from corruptive practises, there were plenty of cynics who took the view it was simply a self-serving vanity project.
Brazil’s Rodriques calls on law enforcers to criminalise racist abuse and for clubs and leagues to step up
By Andrew Warshaw
March 26 – The head of Brazilian football says fans should face criminal charges for the appalling racist abuse meted out to Real Madrid forward Vinicius Jr in Spain.
Brazilian FA signs ICSS for battle against football corruption
March 25 – In a move aimed at protecting Brazilian football from match-fixing and other threats to its integrity, the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) has signed a landmark agreement with the Qatar-based International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS).
With match-fixing threat growing, Brazil’s CBF adopts reform agenda and brings in SIGA for the battle
March 13 – With Brazilian football plagued by accusations of match-fixing and corruption the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) has agreed a co-operation with the Sport Integrity Global Alliance (SIGA) who will work with the federation on “a comprehensive and in-depth process of reforms”.
PFA boss says over-used players is ‘killing the product’
February 29 – Football’s increasingly congested calendar not only jeopardises players’ health but diminishes the quality of the sport, according to Maheta Molango (pictured), head of the English Professional Footballers’ Association.