September 24 – Following a successful collaboration last year, the Qatar-based International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS) has announced it will once again work with the Indian Super League (ISL) to safeguard the integrity of the league for the 2015 season.
ICSS will provide anti-corruption expertise to advise the ISL on the development of its overall integrity strategy in order to minimise risks of match-fixing and betting fraud.
A tailored betting monitoring system will also be put in place for each match to help identify suspicious betting patterns and manipulation of sports results.
Chris Eaton (pictured), Executive Director of Sport Integrity at the ICSS, said India was a burgeoning sport market and that the new partnership showed the country was taking corruption seriously.
“It is crucial that sport governing bodies show serious and proactive leadership in this area and understand the many threats that now face sport,” Eaton said. “I am encouraged that the ISL has identified the possible risks it faces as it continues to grow and has taken steps to develop proper safeguards to deter corrupt and criminal behaviour.”
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