A line of disputed results of bouts during the 2016 Rio Game has led the world amateur boxing federation to take action resulting in six judges being sent home from Rio.
Following allegations that tennis authorities have not acted effectively enough on match-fixing reports in the sport, tennis will initiate an independent review of the anti-corruption efforts with the aim of safeguarding the integrity of the sport.
More athletes in the Olympics, more women in sport bodies and more media attention were among the different approaches on how to create more gender equality and less corruption in sport discussed in a Play the Game 2015 session.
After ten years of match-fixing debates leading experts will analyse the next moves to be made on one of the most dangerous battlefields in sport. The sessions about match-fixing are primarily scheduled on Tuesday, but there will be something for those with a special interest in the subject on most days of the conference.
The fixing of fictitious matches is among the outcomes of a sports data revolution that is currently transforming sport, writes Declan Hill, and examines the newest phenomenon in the world of match rigging; ghost-fixing.
A new agreement will enable a closer dialogue between European governments and the experts, whistleblowers and NGOs represented at the upcoming Play the Game 2015 conference.
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