williamhill.com, Official England Supporter, has launched a brand new online show ahead of the World Cup in Brazil. The show – ‘Football Brasilia’ will be available on William Hill’s YouTube page throughout England’s involvement in this summer’s tournament in Brazil. The show will feature James Richardson’s legendary newspaper reviews, interviews with England legends and some of England’s World Cup Team …
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Sportradar, supplier of sports related data, is pleased to announce the new data partnership with the Finnish Football League Association (FFLA). Sportradar has signed a multi-year deal with the FFLA to become the “Official Data Partner of FFLA/ Veikkausliiga”. Sportradar thereby acquired the worldwide and exclusive right to collect and archive sports data of all matches of the Veikkausliiga and …
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Team SBC’s David Kelly examines the extent of the global match fixing and sports corruption underworld, as fresh World Cup rigging allegations crank up the heat on Sepp Blatter. The following SBC series will introduce match fixing, discuss its prevalence amid recent reports, and offer some insights as to how the gambling industry can protect sports integrity and lead the …
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bettingexpert.com, one of Europe’s largest media portals for sports betting and igaming enthusiasts, will provide expert insights from several leading European football journalists in celebration of the greatest event of the football calendar. The stellar line up of award winning football journalists, who will contribute exclusive content and commentary to the bettingexpert blog, include: Jonathan Wilson – European football correspondent …
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Connective Games, the leading software platform traditionally based in Russia, has opened a representative office in London. Julia Salagaeva, Marketing Director of Connective Games, is heading up the office which will be based in the tech hub of London at Silicon Roundabout. Salagaeva said: “We have really ramped up our business in the last few months and we’re in preliminary …
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Freelance sports trader Alan Thompson has proved himself ahead of the World Cup by winning the Onside Analysis World Cup Quiz, run in conjunction with SBC News. Thompson answered all the questions correctly and won a World Cup Trading Pack developed by Onside Analysis, the specialist in football performance and data analysis. Thompson said: “The pack is excellent, a quality …
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FIFA’s Security Director has warned member associations that the World Cup group stages could be vulnerable to match manipulation and threats by organised crime gangs. With six days to go until the opening ceremony and Brazil’s much anticipated clash with Croatia, Ralf Mutschke answered questions about sports corruption in a FIFA.com video. Interpol’s former Director of Regional and National Police …
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Betfair has enlisted the help of a heroic octopus to launch “This is Play”, a new World Cup brand campaign, ensuring the memory of Paul the Octopus will swim on. The integrated promotion, which spans TV, digital and press, is dramatized by the giant sea creature that mirrors customers’ ability to use technology by playing four simultaneous games of table …
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BetVictor’s new management brought in under new sole owner Michael Tabor have terminated its negotiations with the UK’s Sun newspaper. BetVictor will choose to re-focus its energies on re-structuring company operations under new management, having been acquired by Tabor’s investment vehicle last May. The operator had agreed to partner with the Sun newspaper, in order to provide a white label …
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Igaming operator 32Red is set to revamp its sports betting offering, after soft-launching its Kambi Sports Solutions sport betting platform. 32Red Sport has been re-launched in time for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. 32Red will target new and existing sports betting customers with a set of World Cup promotions. Furthermore the new sport betting product will be promoted through the …
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