Major Event Safety and Security – the way forward
Andrew Cooke – Director Security Operations Precise safety and security measures must be fully integrated into the planning and management of major sporting events. Read full article
New ICSS Group CEO Delivers Inspiring TEDx Talk focussing on Safeguarding Sport Values
ICSS Group CEO Michael Hershman is featured in a new TEDx Talk highlighting the importance of teaching young people positive values through sport. Recorded at a TEDx Talk in Tauranga, New Zealand, Hershman highlighted 7 ways that parents and adults can support young children and how they can encourage and safeguard positive ethics and values... Read More
ICSS proposes 6 point-action plan to strengthen financial integrity
London, UK; 5 October 2016: As sport seeks to address the many challenges to its good governance and integrity, Emanuel Medeiros, CEO of ICSS EUROPE, put forward his 6-point game plan for the future to help strengthen financial integrity across the football industry at the Leaders in Sport Business Summit today. With over 25 years... Read More
Save the Dream and Turkic Council promote sport values, inter-cultural dialogue at World Nomad Games
Save the Dream and the Turkic Council have joined forces to participate at the Second World Nomad Games in the Kyrgyz Republic this week to help promote sport values and inter-cultural dialogue to athletes and young people around the world. As part of Save the Dream’s objective to strengthen inter-cultural dialogue through the power of... Read More
UNODC and ICSS launch comprehensive Resource Guide
Media ReleasesFollowing on from the partnership signed last year at the 13th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, UNODC and the International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS) have today unveiled a new resource guide that will help law enforcement and sports organizations better detect and investigate match-fixing and cases of sports-results manipulation.... Read More
ICSS Statement: Suspected match-fixing in tennis
In 2014, the International Centre for Sport Security and Sorbonne University research identified Tennis as the third most vulnerable international sport to betting-related fraud through match manipulation. According to the report, tennis was identified because it was a sport desirable to concentrated international gambling and that the integrity and governance structure established were viewed as... Read More
Lessons learnt on child protection and major sporting events to be presented
A publication documenting best practices on child protection within major sporting events will be presented by UNICEF Brazil and partners this week at a special two-day forum at British House and Bayt Qatar, gathering international experts, children’s rights organisations and government officials. Taking place on 11th and 12th August – during the Power of Sports... Read More
Saudi Arabian Football Federation appoints ICSS to strengthen safety, security and integrity
6The Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF) and the International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS) announced on Sunday the signing of new bilateral cooperation agreement to enhance the safety, security and integrity of football in Saudi Arabia. The agreement was signed on behalf of the SAFF in the ICSS headquarter in London by SAFF President, Ahmed... Read More
Save the Dream provides access to sport for children from underprivileged communities in Los Angeles
Save the Dream has given children from underprivileged communities in Los Angeles, California, the chance to play soccer and experience the thrill of attending a COPA AMERICA match. In partnership with the Southern California Youth Soccer Organization (SCYSO) and the Villa Park Community Center, Save the Dream hosted a soccer clinic, including inspirational sessions, for... Read More
SIGA Interim Council Approved
SIGA Interim Council Approved At the SIGA General Assembly, hosted by UNESCO in Paris, the following representatives were approved by unanimity and acclamation to the interim SIGA Council. SPORT: Lars-Christer Olsson (EPFL) Jason Ferguson (WPBSA and World Snooker) Brian Lewis (Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) and the Caribbean Association of National Olympic Committees (CANOC))... Read More