Austrian sports collective in MOU with Sportradar
News on 27 Mar 2018
News on 27 Mar 2018
The Austrian Association for Protecting the Integrity in Sports (APIS) and the Play Fair Code (PFC), founded by the Austrian Sport Ministry, the Austrian Football Association and the Austrian Football league, has strengthened its fight against manipulation in sports with the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with sports integrity solutions provider Sportradar.
APIS comprises prominent Austrian stakeholders such as the Austrian Federal Sports Organisation, the Austrian Olympic Committee, the Austrian Ski Federation, the Bookmakers’ Federation, the Austrian Lotteries, the Austrian Ice Hockey League, the Austrian Basketball League together with a range of Austrian betting providers.
Under the terms of the MOU, PFC and Sportradar have committed to the exchange of know-how and best-practices with a strong focus on education and prevention to fight corruption in sport across Austria through a range of joint approaches.
Moreover, the cooperation will also ensure mutual coordination and support of their efforts and advocacy before international and European authorities and institutions.
Play Fair Code President, Günter Kaltenbrunner said: “We are very pleased to strengthen our relationship with Sportradar. We are both united in our aims and our joint efforts will ensure that we can be more confident in helping to diminish the risks of potential manipulation in sports across Austria.”
Play Fair Code CEO, Severin Moritzer added: “After nearly five years of a constant and fruitful relationship, we are now happy to take a next important step in this mutually beneficial cooperation.”
Sportradar’s Managing Director of Integrity Services, Andreas Krannich added: “We are very proud to be sharing our expertise with the Play Fair Code. The information we can provide from our monitoring and detection system including our advanced intelligence, investigation, education and consultancy will cover all bases.
“Combined with PFC’s in-depth expertise in the education field, this approach will see us mutually focus on eliminating potential corruption across sporting codes.”
