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The European Sport Summit – who's it for and why should you attend

David Foster, the Sport and Recreation Alliance’s UK and EU regulatory officer discusses the European Sports Summit and sets out why it really is a must-attend event. The theme for our 2011 European Sport Summit was ‘Finding Funding and Fighting Fixing’.

Good news from the world of sports betting

David Foster, the Sport and Recreation Alliance’s UK and EU regulatory officer talks about the battle to maintain sports betting. Following close engagement with the sport sector, the Government has put forward welcome proposals to regulate overseas bookies who take bets in the UK.

In his latest blog the Alliance's policy officer David Foster, who covers European issues, updates you on the ups and downs of the current EU budget debate.

David Foster, the Sport and Recreation Alliance’s UK and EU Regulatory Officer talks about the Alliance’s annual golf day for 2012. This year the Alliance’s annual golf day took place at the picturesque Leighton Buzzard Golf club in Bedfordshire.

David Foster, the Sport and Recreation Alliance’s UK and EU Regulatory Officer talks about the battle to maintain sports betting integrity.

David Foster, the Sport and Recreation Alliance’s UK and EU Regulatory Officer, talks about the increasing European Union (EU) funding opportunities becoming available for sport and recreational organisations and its on-going work to ensure the UK’s sport and recreation sector gets the best deal abroad. The EU is currently negotiating its funding framework for the next financial...

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