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GAMBLING CONCERNS TO BE AIRED

UK sports minister Richard Caborn will be the keynote speaker at the 'Integrity in Sports Betting' conference today.

Caborn will address sports administrators and bookmakers at Twickenham stadium amid concerns over the best ways to tackle the threat of gambling-related corruption in sport.

Every player at this summer's World Cup will be asked to sign a document which asserts that they will not gamble on any aspect of the competition.

But as in other sports, there are difficulties in ensuring absolutely that such promises are kept.

With complete transparency one solution, administrators will argue that certain information should only be made known to those enforcing the rules.

Some bookmakers, such as Betfair, advocate agreements between governing bodies and betting firms to allow for the sharing of information about particular events.