The Sport Integrity Global Alliance (SIGA) said Friday it wants to hold talks with the IOC, FIFA and other federations and Olympic stakeholders to discuss a new draft set of universal good governance and integrity standards for sport.
On Friday at a press conference in London, SIGA announced the launch of a consultation process with sport’s global stakeholders.
Asked if SIGA would help assist the IOC in its revamp of the anti-doping system, coordinator Emanuel Macedo de Medeiros, who has worked in European football for more than two decades, said working with the IOC was important but anti-doping “is not in our priority list”.
Answering a question from Around the Rings, he said that SIGA would not “interfere” with WADA. “Others are better placed to work on that.”
Speaking about the scandals that have hit FIFA, the IOC and IAAF in the past 18 months, de Medeiros said that “sport owns the problems, sports owns the solutions” with the assistance of a coalition of partners at SIGA.
He said SIGA would provide a “new strategic approach, a concerted, committed effort, a multi-stakeholder, holistic approach” which could “prevent reputational damage” for organizations such as the IOC and FIFA.
“We are in a critical moment,” he said, insisting SIGA’s efforts were not focused on “naming and shaming” but on “naming and faming, encouraging sport to be best in class.”