SBC News Indian Super League football boosts integrity capabilities with Sportradar

Indian Super League football boosts integrity capabilities with Sportradar

screen-shot-2016-09-07-at-22-10-30

Beginning its third football season on the 3 October the ‘Hero Indian Super League’ (ISL) has moved to strengthen its match fixing monitoring capabilities by joining Sportradar’s Integrity Services Platform.

Sportradar will now monitor all ISL 2016/17 matches for suspicious betting patterns, and will further consult and assist ISL governance regarding strengthening its league integrity and preventing match-fixing.

Announcing the partnership, ISL governance stated that integrity monitoring by Sportradar was needed in order to maintain the leagues commercial development and continue its growing popularity with Indian sports audiences.

ISL governance further noted that preventing match-fixing, would help aid Indian grassroots football development as India seeks improved performance on the international stage.

Releasing a statement, ISL governance commented on joining Sportradar’s Integrity Services Platform; The Hero Indian Super League continues to go from strength to strength and by bringing Sportradar on board, we have highlighted our commitment to the integrity of our league and we look forward to another exciting competition.”

Andreas Krannich, Sportradar’s Managing Director for Integrity Services commented on the ISL partnership

“Following our extended partnership with the AFC, this cooperation is a special one, allowing us to work with such a vibrant league that is pivotal to growing the sport in the subcontinent. It is wonderful to see a league so proactive and committed to integrity”.

Check Also

Oddin.gg sets up Peru Trading Hub for extended LatAm reach

Atlético Grau faces Los Chankas in Peru League 1 match-fixing accusations

Representatives from Peru’s League 1 club Los Chankas have made accusations about a potential match-fixing …

Low6 applies Rivalry's ‘Gen Z playbook’ to NBA fantasy product

Sportradar to elevate in-play betting experience of the NBA

Sportradar has launched an enhanced betting-related functionality within NBA League Pass in partnership with the …

Sportradar Integrity Services: using data to improve match-fixing detection

Starlizard Integrity Services finds potential match-fixing in 167 matches

Sports integrity analyst Starlizard Integrity Services (SIS) has released its latest report on global football …