Webinar: Towards an entity countering corruption and crime in sport

Can sport truly protect itself from crime and corruption? Or is it time for independent oversight?

For decades, sport has relied on self-regulation - but time and again, we’ve seen corruption scandals, match-fixing, bribery, money laundering, abuse, and governance failures erode trust in sports. The stakes have never been higher, and neither have the risks.

On 3 April 2025, join us for a webinar where we introduce the findings of ClearingSport - a project exploring the establishment of a global independent entity to investigate, regulate, and enforce integrity in sport.

Since its launch in 2022, ClearingSport has led stakeholder consultations, mapped the current landscape of integrity efforts in sport and gathered extensive insights from global experts to create a comprehensive proposal for a new international entity dedicated to counter corruption and crime in sport.

The full programme 

15.30 Welcome and housekeeping

• Stanis Elsborg, head of Play the Game

15.40: Why ClearingSport, and what have we produced

• Jens Sejer Andersen, senior advisor, Play the Game

15.50: Challenges and tasks for a new centralised entity

• Chiel Warners, CW Consulting, Chair of the Advisory Group

16.10 Principles of governance and proposed structure

• Arnout Geeraert, Assistant professor, Utrecht University, the Netherlands

16.20: Panel 1 - Why ClearingSport matters to advisers

• Drago Kos, anti-corruption expert, Slovenia
• Steven Berryman, principal, Berryman Prime LLC, USA
• Allison Wagner, director of athlete & international relations, USADA, USA
• Brian Wesaala, founder and CEO, Football Foundation for Africa, Kenya

16.35: Q&A

16.50: Bio break

17.00: Panel 2 – Stakeholders’ take on ClearingSport

• Paulina Tomczyk, secretary general, EU Athletes, Spain
• Wilhelm Rauch, head of legal affairs, BASPO, Switzerland
• João Paulo Almeida, director general at Comité Olímpico de Portugal
• Tom Harding, senior vice president, global integrity operations, Sportradar, UK

17.30: Q&A

17.45: Panel 3 - Looking forward: Obstacles & opportunities

• Ingrid Beutler, senior partner, ThinkBeyond, Switzerland
• Teemu Japisson, secretary general, Finnish Center for Integrity in Sport (FINCIS), Finland
• Sophie Kwasny, head of the Sports Division, Council of Europe, France

18.05: Final round of Q&A

18.25: Closing remarks: Next steps for ClearingSport

Read more about the ClearingSport project here: www.clearingsport.org