As snooker experiences record commercial growth and continue its drive to reach out to new markets, the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) - the international governing body for professional snooker - has announced it has renewed its global partnership with the International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS) to help safeguard the integrity of the sport.
First announced at the 2013 Indian Open in New Delhi, the global integrity partnership between the WPBSA and ICSS will continue working to protect the integrity of professional snooker by delivering a range innovative new programmes and initiatives as the sport seeks inclusion at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
In particular, the ICSS will work closely with the WPBSA to provide integrity awareness training, including seminars and advice to tour players, coaches, officials and administrators, as well as supporting the WPBSA on intelligence issues concerning match fixing.
As part of the extension, the ICSS will also continue to support throughout the 2014-2015 season by overseeing the WPBA’s betting monitoring programme, ensuring that snooker’s world governing body is immediately notified about any suspicious gambling behavior or patterns during a match.
Jason Ferguson, Chairman of the WPBSA, said: “On behalf of the WPBSA, I am delighted to have renewed our partnership with the ICSS, who are one of the world’s leading experts in the area of sport integrity.
“Extending this partnership with the ICSS demonstrates the WPBSA’s strong and ongoing commitment to safeguarding the sport of snooker and represents another important step in the WPBSA’s integrity strategy.
“I look forward to working closely with the ICSS’s team of sport integrity experts and Sportradar to ensure that snooker continues to take a strong and proactive stance in safeguarding its integrity.”
Mohammed Hanzab, President of the ICSS, said: “On behalf of the ICSS, I would like to thank the WPBSA for extending their partnership with the ICSS and would like to applaud them for their continued commitment and leadership in ensuring the highest levels of integrity in snooker.
First announced at the 2013 Indian Open in New Delhi, the global integrity partnership between the WPBSA and ICSS will continue working to protect the integrity of professional snooker by delivering a range innovative new programmes and initiatives as the sport seeks inclusion at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
In particular, the ICSS will work closely with the WPBSA to provide integrity awareness training, including seminars and advice to tour players, coaches, officials and administrators, as well as supporting the WPBSA on intelligence issues concerning match fixing.
As part of the extension, the ICSS will also continue to support throughout the 2014-2015 season by overseeing the WPBA’s betting monitoring programme, ensuring that snooker’s world governing body is immediately notified about any suspicious gambling behavior or patterns during a match.
Jason Ferguson, Chairman of the WPBSA, said: “On behalf of the WPBSA, I am delighted to have renewed our partnership with the ICSS, who are one of the world’s leading experts in the area of sport integrity.
“Extending this partnership with the ICSS demonstrates the WPBSA’s strong and ongoing commitment to safeguarding the sport of snooker and represents another important step in the WPBSA’s integrity strategy.
“I look forward to working closely with the ICSS’s team of sport integrity experts and Sportradar to ensure that snooker continues to take a strong and proactive stance in safeguarding its integrity.”
Mohammed Hanzab, President of the ICSS, said: “On behalf of the ICSS, I would like to thank the WPBSA for extending their partnership with the ICSS and would like to applaud them for their continued commitment and leadership in ensuring the highest levels of integrity in snooker.
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