Mohammed bin Hanzab: “Week of Integrity” will discuss the most pressing challenges in sports
Muhammad bin Hanzab, President of the International Center for Sports Security and Vice President of the International Organization for Sports Integrity (SIGA), confirmed that the Week of Integrity in Sports will return in its fourth edition, after it gained great momentum since its launch in 2020, to become an international platform for diagnosing the reality of sports and highlighting the most prominent The urgent challenges it faces by examining ways to enhance international multi-sectoral cooperation and proposing appropriate recommendations and initiatives to achieve the desired reforms, leading to the application of standards of integrity, transparency and governance in global sports.
He said in an interview published by the Qatar News Agency on the occasion of the “Sports Integrity Week” that will be held on September 4 and will continue until the ninth: The Sports Integrity Week is one of the main dialogue platforms launched by the “SIGA” organization, which was established in 2016 to become the first An international organization specialized in integrity in sports, and today it includes more than 100 international organizations that are financially supported by members.
He referred to the participation of representatives from the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA), the European Federation of Football Associations (UEFA), the African Confederation (CAF), and a number of sports federations and European football associations, including the Spanish League, the Argentine Football League, the European Aquatics Federation, and Club Sportivo Cascais. Portuguese, the Olympic Committee of Trinidad and Tobago, the Portuguese Sports Foundation, as well as the Spanish First Division (LaLiga) and the International Federation of Mixed Martial Arts.
The head of the International Center for Sports Security said that the fourth edition of the “Sports Integrity Week” will be organized for the first time in 35 capitals and cities around the world, including Doha, New York, London, Paris, Geneva, Madrid, Lisbon, Sao Paulo, Mumbai, Guinea-Bissau, Luanda and others, with wide global participation at the level of the world’s continents. With the participation of prominent speakers from the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
He revealed a joint study between international universities and the center, which revealed that the value of betting in sports amounts to 500 billion euros annually, and that the value of money laundering in sports amounted to 140 billion euros annually.
Regarding the agenda of the fourth edition of the “Sports Integrity Week”, Mr. Muhammad bin Hanzab, President of the International Center for Sports Security and Vice President of the International Organization for Sport Integrity “SIGA”, said that the week will include a number of high-level discussion sessions on various axes and issues, most notably the challenges of sustainability. Integrity in Sport, Law and Integrity in Sport, Multiple Club Ownership, Sports Betting Integrity, Esports Integrity, Governance in Sport, and Financial Transparency.
He added that the week will witness a number of important events, most notably the (Forum for Integrity in Sports in Latin America), which will be hosted by the Sao Paulo Football Club at the ancient Morumbi Stadium on the fourth of next September, sponsored by the Brazilian TV network Globo, with the participation of more than 25 high-level speakers from various sectors. .
The list of speakers includes Paulo Schmidt, President of the Integrity Committee of the Brazilian Olympic Committee and Special Adviser to the International Olympic Committee, Julio Casares, President of Sao Paulo Football Club, Lucas Padilla, Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the G20 Meetings 2024 in Rio de Janeiro, and Marcelo Zinckner, President of the Tadzini Friari Group. International Legal Consultants, Sarah Bozwitch, Vice President of Marketing at MasterCard, Tiago Horta, member of the Fair Play Committee of the Brazilian Olympic Committee, Paulo Caicnov, President of the Brazilian Sports Charter, Pablo Brill, Human Rights Officer of the Argentine Racing Club Avellaneda, and Roberto Armilin, Head of Legal Affairs and Compliance of SAO Club Paulo Soccer, Sandra Santos, Director of the Brazilian National Women’s Soccer Programme, and other speakers.
On the sidelines of the forum, a match of integrity will be held at Morumbi Stadium in Sao Paulo, the second largest sports stadium in Brazil, with the participation of football legends led by Brazilian Ronaldo, Joao Ballenia, the star of the Portuguese national team, Armilano Doni Zitte, former Brazilian national team goalkeeper, and Congolese striker Silas Wamangituka, Stuttgart striker. The German, and former Brazilian and Real Madrid star Sisinho, Graffiti, the Brazilian soccer player and top scorer in the Bundesliga for the 2008-2009 season.
He said that the activities will also include the organization of the International Conference on Sports Law, which will be hosted by the Portuguese city of Porto, the SIGA Youth Forum, the Football Integrity Forum, and the Women’s Sports Conference, in addition to the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the “SIGA” organization and the Portuguese municipality of Dombal to enhance joint cooperation in the fields of integrity in sports. Sports.
An independent study, to be led by SIGA Latin America, in cooperation with the Sports Committee of the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies, entitled “The Future of Brazilian Football” will be launched during a special session to be held on the fifth of next September, which will pave the way for the start of broad, independent and inclusive consultations, with the participation of the main stakeholders in the sport. soccer.
He said that a cooperation agreement will be signed between the two sides that highlights the official launch of the study and aims to develop the integrity system in Brazilian football, which will enhance Brazil’s efforts in the areas of combating corruption, especially after it announced its assumption of the rotating presidency of the G20 and Rio de Janeiro’s hosting of the G20 summit for the year 2024.
2023-08-30 20:28:47
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