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He said the global success of sport -- with 750 million
people practising competitive sports and more than one billion
engaged in recreational sports -- faced challenges from doping,
violence, racism and corruption.
Rogge said corruption was mostly seen "in the field of
match-fixing where the result of competition is being manipulated
where there is illegal betting." "The IOC has taken the
leadership in fighting against illegal betting and match fixing.
But we need the support of governments," he said in a speech at
an event in Tokyo marking the centenary of the Japanese Olympic
Committee.
"We are working very closely with major governments to try
to set up a platform where the world of sport and the world of
ministries and politicians can work together."
Corruption in sport has been making headlines worldwide.
Recently in Asia, football players in South Korea were indicted
and sumo wrestlers in Japan were expelled from the sport after
being involved in match-fixing scandals.
Identifying doping as the "biggest threat on sport," Rogge
said the IOC was making "bigger progress" than ever in fighting
it with "zero tolerance."
He said the number of doping tests had been doubled since
the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics.
"While we will never be able to have zero doping, I must say
and I can say with great pleasure that we are making a bigger
progress and that today it is far more difficult to take doping
than it used to be a couple of years ago."
Rogge said violence, especially hooliganism, in and out of
venues was the second major danger.
"This is a major problem mostly in team sports, where we
need a good association between the public and the sports
authorities," he said. "Sport alone cannot solve it, but we have
to lead by example."
Rogge noted there had been "unacceptable racism against
players coming from Africa" at venues and stadiums especially in
Europe.
He welcomed moves in
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