Commonwealth Games 2010: politicians urged to unite against corruption-02 Oct 2010

Commonwealth Games 2010: politicians urged to unite against corruption

Politicians from England and other Commonwealth countries will be asked to consider a radical new plan to tackle the ballooning issue of corruption and betting in sport at a meeting in New Delhi on Monday.

By Jacquelin Magnay
Published: 6:04PM BST 02 Oct 2010

Time to act: World Anti-Doping Agency chief executive David Howman addresses a press conference in New Delhi Photo: EPA
World Anti-Doping Agency chief executive David Howman will ask the Commonwealth meeting of sports ministers, including Britain's minister in charge of the Olympics, Hugh Robertson, to consider supporting a new Wada-style global organisation that would have overarching powers to investigate corrupt sports practices and protect the integrity of sport.

Howman told Telegraph Sport that using the Wada model was an efficient and time effective way to try to stem the growing problem of corruption in sport.


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"It is a natural progression for a Wada-style body, or an extension of Wada, to look at corruption in sport, we want to get governments talking and considering this," Howman said.

International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge, who is in New Delhi as a guest of the Commownealth Games organiers, has been agitating for a global and united front on betting and corruption issues for some time.