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Never has the sport sector been under greater scrutiny globally for its shortcomings in dealing with key integrity issues: doping, match-fixing and governance corruption. This chapter will provide background on each of these areas, as well as setting out real-life examples of poor practice from the sector. Most importantly, the author will suggest, in reference to international legal texts and best practice, the potential ways in which all interested stakeholders in sport can better prevent, detect and remedy such threats to its integrity.
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Carpenter, K. (2018). International Legal Perspectives. In: Breuer, M., Forrest, D. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook on the Economics of Manipulation in Sport. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77389-6_11
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