Press Release: EU Sport Forum: Sport leaders and Ministers step up fight against match-fixing

Representatives of Europe's sport movement and Sport Ministers pledged to step up their fight against match-fixing when they met at the EU Sport Forum, organised by the European Commission in Nicosia, Cyprus, on 19-20 September 2012. They endorsed a 'Declaration on the fight against match-fixing'.

The Forum, which coincided with an informal meeting of EU Sport Ministers, also discussed issues such as the contribution of sport to the EU economy, future EU funding for grass-roots sport, and the promotion of physical activity and active ageing.