Plans drawn up to stop athletes betting on own events 16/09/2010 |
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All professional sportsmen and women are likely to be banned from betting on any competition in which they take part.
The Sports Betting Group, a coalition of governing bodies convened as a result of a government-commissioned review of sports integrity issues chaired by the former Liverpool Football Club chief executive Rick Parry, is likely to propose the idea as one of a series of guidelines to other governing bodies with the aim of unifying their approach, reports The Guardian.
Concerns over match-fixing have resurfaced recently in the wake of high-profile cases in football, tennis, snooker and cricket.
Some sports ban betting outright, as do some overseas governments. Others, such as football, ban players from betting on competitions in which they take part while some still allow players to bet on themselves to win.
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