CBI focuses on corruption in football

Match fixing and corruption faced by football administration in the country will be focus of a two-day conference organised by CBI.
The upcoming event, being organised in partnership with All India Football Federation and Interpol, follows a session on "Ethics and integrity in sports" conducted during a three-day CBI conference in November last year which was attended by eminent sportspersons and investigators.
CBI is not probing any case related to match fixing or corruption in sports.
"This workshop is being organised in order to ensure that it is directly relevant to the current issues related to match-fixing and corruption faced by football administration and law enforcement entities within India," CBI spokesperson Kanchan Prasad said in a statement here.

The conference scheduled on January 15-16 is part of the "FIFA-Interpol Initiative" which was established to develop and implement a global training, education and prevention programme with a focus on illegal betting and match fixing.
"CBI has also associated itself with this initiative to help realise its goals," the official said.

To be inaugurated by the agency chief Ranjit Sinha, who is also the head of the Interpol in the country, the conference will also be addressed by Interpol's John Abbott and David Graham besides FIFA's Shaji Prabhakaran and AIFF general secretary Kushal Das.
"The objective is to develop knowledge and understanding of the global threat from match-fixing; irregular or illegal betting and its impact at national level; to identify good practices; to prevent match fixing and corruption in football; to further encourage global, regional and national bodies associated with football to work together more effectively in partnerships by regularly sharing information and taking action to prevent match-fixing," the spokesperson said,

It also aims to identify gaps in the current national procedures and to making recommendations on good practice and areas for development.