More than 400 leaders from the Olympic Movement, governments, inter-governmental agencies and betting authorities and entities took part on 24 October 2025, both in person and online, in the 5th International Forum for Sports Integrity (IFSI) in Lausanne, Switzerland. Organised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the Forum adopted
The Swiss triathlete, Imogen Simmonds, provided a sample under the International Testing Authority (ITA), the independent Results Management Authority of IRONMAN, a half distance triathlon event in more than 40 countries, during an unannounced out-of-competition doping control carried out on 8 December 2024. This resulted
With so much at stake in sport - in financial and sporting terms – cheating takes many different forms. A recent case in point involved two Norwegian Olympian ski jumpers, who have accepted three-month suspensions for their part in the tampering of their ski jumpsuits during
Generally Artificial intelligence (AI) is now embedded in sport and especially across football — from computer-vision performance tools and injury-risk models to hyper-personalised fan apps. Israeli innovators are at the forefront of this shift, supplying advanced analytics, body-worn sensors that track movement and physiology in real time,
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has rejected two requests for provisional measures filed by the Israel Gymnastics Federation (IGF) in relation to the 53rd Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Jakarta, being held from 19–25 October 2025). On 10 October 2025, the Indonesian government stated
It has been reported that GESPA, the independent Gaming Regulator, which is based in Bern and oversees lotteries, sports betting, and other games of chance in Switzerland, has filed a criminal complaint against FIFA , the world governing body of association football, regarding alleged irregularities
Introduction The FIFPRO fifth Annual Report, was published on 29 September, 2025, with the title Overworked and Underprotected: The Player Health and Performance Impact and presents a sobering assessment of the relentless demands of modern football. The 51-page study covers the 2024–25 season and uses the FIFPRO Player
Football in the United Kingdom (UK) is regulated by the national governing body, the Football Association (the FA), and overseen by the new government-backed Independent Football Regulator (IFR) for professional clubs. The FA sets and enforces in respect of all levels of football - professional and grass roots - the
Despite ongoing campaigns aimed at increasing female participation in sport in the United Kingdom (UK), gender equality in UK sport continues to face challenges in several respects. Fewer girls are participating in team sports; there is a higher drop-out rate for girls by the age of 14;
In Italy, competition law applies in full to the sports sector, which—although characterised by its own regulatory and disciplinary specificities—does not benefit from any general exemption from competition rules. The economic activities surrounding sport, ranging from the management of professional clubs to the commercialisation of broadcasting