Friday, May 16, 2014

FISU and EUSA: WAKO kickboxing wants to be University SPORT

 http://www.wakoeurope.com/news/21-news-front-page/36-visit-to-eusa

WAKO EUROPE REPRESENTATIVES VISITING EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY SPORT EUSA
WAKO EUROPE AS A PART OF EUSA
EUSA-1
WAKO Europe board members Miss Aleksandra Nedelkovska and Mr. Bojan Kolev, who is also a member of WAKO Europe Education and students committee, together with Mr. Vladimir Sitar, chairman of WAKO Europe Education and students committee, have visited European Association Of University Sport (EUSA). Visit was about including kickboxing in a big family of European University Sport Association which would be a great step forward for WAKO EUROPE and kickboxing.
              In Ljubljana, capitol of Slovenia on February 21st, we had constructive meeting with the president of EUSA, Mr. Adam Roczek. On the meeting also were present Mr. Matjaz Pechovnik, secretary and Mr. Patrik Perosa , sport manager of EUSA.
    EUSA has 45 country members from Europe and this year the EUSA Championship will be in Rotterdam, Holland, including 19 sports.   
      On the meeting, which started very well, we discussed about including kickboxing  in a  big family of University sport. We explained everything about championships organized by WAKO IF and WAKO Europe and big popularity of our sport around the world. We introduce WAKO as affiliate from GAISF  and Sport Accord. Also, kickboxing is a sport which includes students in WAKO championships. For example, Mr. Kolev expressed his experience in Bulgaria where he has organized student championships   7 years in a row. That impressed representatives from   EUSA.  As a Balkan president, he suggested that Balkan championship this year should be separated from University championship. That was accepted from EUSA. President of EUSA was invited to be a part of this championships and he accepted.  
That was one plus more for WAKO Europe and for us as, representatives of WAKO Europe on this meeting.
      The president of EUSA, Mr.Roczek has introduced us with the terms that we must fulfill so WAKO Europe can be included  in EUSA and  also he gave us open hand for cooperation.   
           Country Members of Wako Europe already fulfill their activities and terms so that kick boxing will be a part of University sport as soon as possible.
      WAKO Europe must send the official request letter to be a member of EUSA.
  After that, EUSA office will send conditions about.
  In April this year EUSA will have General assembly and they will discuss  about us.
  This meeting finished very well for both sides.
Aleksandra Nedelkovska, WAKO Europe board member
Picture 1. EUSA  President, secretary  General and  sport menager  with WAKO Europe representatives.
web: www.eusa.eu


http://www.eusa.eu/en/news.htm&showNews=2230&sso=done

A special meeting was also held with the representatives of the European kickboxing Federation (WAKO Europe) which is a Continental Division of the World Association of Kickboxing Organisations (WAKO). Mrs Aleksandra Nedelkovska (MKD), Boyan Kolev (BUL) and Vladimir Sitar (SLO) expressed interest in EUSA and its sports programme, discussing potential cooperation in the future.

The outcomes of the working meetings will be presented at the EUSA Executive Committee meeting in April.



http://www.wakoeurope.com/events/event-announcement/78-russia-ufa-2014

http://www.wakoweb.com/en/event/1st-wako-international-university-kickboxing-championship/01574997-1b7b-471c-8e0e-62e11d2765dc

Official Invitation
http://www.wakoweb.com/en/attachment/55ee935a-6310-424b-8185-eec8ce652f78/




Location: Ufa, RussiaContact: Registration (sportarts@mail.ru)

1st WAKO International University Kickboxing 

Championship




1st WAKO International University Kickboxing Championship will take place in Ufa, Russia, from 12th to 17th July, 2014.

For the program and all necessary details please read carefully the enclosed invitation!

ATTENTIONAccording to WAKO rules&regulations the eligibility for the participation is reserved to WAKO national Federation/Association members.

Attachments

MATCH FIXING: Scientific report confirms the astonishing scale of sports betting fraud and encourages the establishment of an international integrity platform

Source: Sportaccord
http://www.sportaccord.com/en/news/scientific-report-confirms-the-astonishing-scale-of-sports-betting-fraud-and-encourages-the-establishment-of-an-international-integrity-platform-0-1762


PRESENTED YESTERDAY IN PARIS THE RESULTS OF A TWO YEARS RESEARCH PROJECT ON ETHICS AND SECURITY IN SPORT. THE MAIN FOCUS OF THE STUDY IS THE MANIPULATION OF SPORTS COMPETITIONS AND THE REVIEW OF THE MEASURES TO BE TAKEN TO TACKLE THIS SCOURGE. THE CONFERENCE GATHERED OVER 300 PARTICIPANTS IN THE PRESTIGIOUS AMPHITHEATRE OF THE SORBONNE UNIVERSITY, THE ONE WHERE 120 YEARS AGO PIERRE DE COUBERTIN CHAIRED THE CONGRESS TO ESTABLISH THE MODERN OLYMPIC GAMES.

The findings of the scientific report include startling figures on the scale and scope of the sport-betting market, which is identified as the primary purpose for match-fixing as it has been transformed in the last 15 years into a multi-billion dollar industry.  

Organised crime is estimated to launder over

US$140 billion annually through sport betting

and 80% of global sport betting to be illegal. 
 
The report states that the most manipulated competitions are at a national level but highlights that the ‘fixing’ of competition and betting is instigated at a transnational level. Football and cricket prove to be the most targeted sports by criminals.
SportAccord participated to the research notably by conducting a survey last year within its members to question their current measures and policies. By taking part in one of the afternoon’s panels, the aim was to once again put an emphasis on the importance, from the sports movement perspective, of prevention and education. The report notes that 60% of the initiatives identified in that field were launched in the last 18 months, with 40% developed in Europe mainly in football, tennis, cricket and rugby.
SportAccord Integrity Officer discusses the importance of education within the sports organisation's panel
As part of its findings, the Sorbonne-ICSS Report provides Guiding Principles for governments, sports organisations, betting regulators and operators to adopt in order to combat match-fixing and illegal betting. These recommendations include: creating a sports betting tax to finance investigations into match-fixing and illegal-betting, determination of an integrity risk assessment and management system for sports organisations and prohibiting players, coaches and administrators from betting on competitions and matches within their sport. It also recommends that sports betting operators cooperate with sports bodies through, for example, enhanced monitoring systems and the exchange of intelligence in cases of breaches of sports regulations or national legislation.
This extensive and comprehensive two-year project provides a clear call to action and notably encourages the creation of a coordinated international integrity platform. SportAccord looks forward to following up on this unique work and in particular to consider the way for SISO (Sports Integrity Standards Organisation) to be a proactive stakeholder of such an international integrity platform.

  • Access HERE the Executive Summary of the Sorbonne-ICSS Report ‘Protecting the Integrity of Sport Competition: The Last Bet for Modern Sport’.
  • Access HERE the Sorbonne-ICSS Guiding Principles for Protecting the Integrity of Sport Competition. 
- See more at: http://www.sportaccord.com/en/news/scientific-report-confirms-the-astonishing-scale-of-sports-betting-fraud-and-encourages-the-establishment-of-an-international-integrity-platform-0-17629#sthash.6hKqv2MN.dpuf