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The move comes in the wake of the scandal that
has rocked British Gymnastics, and other concerns around
bullying and discrimination in British sport.
UKAD said in a statement Thursday that it had commissioned
Swansea University to conduct research to identify if issues
such as match-fixing, corruption and misconduct are linked.
The study came up with 24 recommendations for improved
governance and revealed that while some sporting bodies spent
over two million pounds ($2.64 million) a year on integrity
issues, others committed less than 10,000 pounds.
"Anti-doping is just one issue where the integrity of sport is
under threat. Safeguarding, discrimination, match-fixing and
organisational corruption are all threats to the values we hold
dear in sport," UKAD Chair Trevor Pearce said.
"UKAD wants to bring together a coalition of organisations to
start to address and combat sport's wider problems, with a
single effort."
The Integrity Forum has received backing from the Department for
Digital, Media, Culture and Sport (DCMS) and will meet for the
first time next month.
"Protecting the integrity of sport is paramount... Our new Sport
Integrity Forum will bring together organisations from across
the sector to discuss some of the most complex challenges facing
sport today," Sports Minister Nigel Huddleston said.
($1 = 0.7572 pounds)
(Reporting by Arvind Sriram in Bengaluru; Editing by Ken Ferris)
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