The Asian Football Confederation and the International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS) have signed a wide-ranging partnership agreement to strengthen safety and security in Asian football. The agreement, signed by the Presidents of the two organisations after the AFC Congress in Bahrain, will strengthen existing safety and security regulations, develop training programmes and help assess... Read More

In December 2014, the FIFA Executive Committee announced that it would ban third-party ownership of footballers from 1 May 2015. Andy Brown explores the perceived risks to integrity it presents, but also what may be lost Third-party ownership (TPO) agreements allow another entity to become involved during the transfer of a player from one club... Read More

Marathon, Greece; 7th May 2015: Rosa Mota, Olympic champion and winner of the first ever Women’s Marathon in Athens in 1982, returned to the location of her first historic Marathon victory and birthplace of the modern Olympic Games to represent Save the Dream at the 2015 ISF World School Educational Games. As part of Save... Read More

Rome, Italy: 17th April 2015: Save the Dream will team up with LEGA SERIE A and Centro Sportivo Italiano (CSI) this weekend to host the 2nd ‘Save the Dream Day’ to raise awareness about a new volunteer initiative to support young people in Haiti and beyond. Involving 20 teams across 10 matches during matchday 31... Read More

Doha, Qatar; 15th April 2015: ICSS and UNODC announce new partnership to strengthen investigations and prosecutions into match-fix The International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS) has announced a new partnership with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) today to help strengthen cross-border investigations and prosecutions into match-fixing and the manipulation of sports... Read More

Doha, Qatar; 15th April 2015: Speaking at today’s ICSS-UNODC meeting at the UN Crime Congress, top experts from sport, government and finance have urged governments to introduce legislation that recognises match-fixing as a global crime. To mark the opening of the event, a new partnership between the International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS) and the... Read More

Lisbon, Portugal; 16th March 2015: Leaders in international sports policy gathered in Lisbon today to engage in high-level, pioneering discussions at the Inter Regional Sports Policy Summit hosted by the International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS). The Inter Regional Sports Policy Summit is the first of its kind to bring together key decision-makers from major... Read More

Moscow, 7th March 2015: With the growth of domestic football in Russia and preparations to host several high-profile international sport events well underway, the International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS) this week delivered their first safety and security workshop with the Russian Football Premier League (RFPL) in Moscow. As part of their commitment to safeguard... Read More

Paris, France; 4th March 2015: With new stories of match-fixing, corruption and illegal betting continuing emerging around the world, the International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS) and International Sports Press Association (AIPS) have joined forces to strengthen the fight to protect the values and integrity of sport. As the representative body for sport journalists around... Read More