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”.

The co-operation will focus immediately on addressing “the urgent challenges faced by Brazilian soccer”. The partnership will be a mix of tackling specific sport integrity issues as well as changing culture within the sport, “promoting the modernization of the sector, the qualification of its agents, and a culture of integrity at all levels”.

Ednaldo Rodrigues (pictured right), CBF president said: “We have established a very important partnership to fight against all types of criminality that can affect football, such as match-fixing, money laundering, racism, harassment. With expertise in all these topics, SIGA is the world’s largest institution in Sport Integrity. They operate independently, always ensuring that sport becomes cleaner and more transparent. We are doing the same here. SIGA will work with the Integrity Unit at CBF, which has been very engaged with all the major institutions in the world.”

CBF, SIGA, and its subsidiary for Latin America, SIGA Latin America, outlined co-operation in several key areas:

Prevention and combat against all threats to the Integrity of football;
Implementation of SIGA’s Universal Standards on Sport Integrity and SIGA’s Independent Rating and Verification System (SIRVS);
Sharing of knowledge and implementation of best practices in terms of Good Governance in Sport, Financial Integrity and Transparency in Sport, Sports Betting Integrity, and Youth Development and Protection in Sport;
Prevention and combat against racism, violence, and all forms of discrimination, as well as promotion of gender equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility;
Organization of joint events, including conferences, workshops,…


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Author : Paul Nicholson

Publish date : 2024-03-14 00:33:10

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