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ICSS, EU partners launch ‘BITEFIX’ project  03 Feb 2021 - 8:03 The Peninsula Doha: Recognising the need for enhanced cooperation between stakeholders and innovative practical tools to combat corruption in sport and tackle match-fixing and betting fraud, the ICSS, through its ICSS INSIGHT, and seven organisations from six EU countries, joined forces in a collaborative partnership under the EU ERASMUS+ sport program to launch ‘Building innovative tools for the exchange of information and awareness raising against match-fixing in sport’ (BITEFIX) project. Led by ICSS INSIGHT and made ...

Manipulation of sports competitions is today widely regarded as one of the major threats facing contemporary sport. Such tweaking is a global threat to the integrity of sport that requires a worldwide response. As part of such response, the Convention on the Manipulation of Sports Competitions, commonly referred to as the Macolin Convention, entered into force on September 1, 2019. Such legal instruct is the only rule of international law on the manipulation of sports competitions. Its intrinsic features require public authorities to co-operate with sports organisations, betting operators and...