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There may not be a football World Cup in 2015 but SBC’s Sam Cooke highlights the summer months best international football tournaments and odds to keep you busy! The Premier League’s over until September, and with only a final or two to sustain us for now, the end is nigh,and the post-season blues will be setting in all too soon. …

Streaming the football in the UK has just gotten that much trickier. A court order has deemed that a number of live football streaming sites, including the popular Rojadirecta, LiveTV, and Drakulastream have been placed on a blocklist following pressure from the Premier League, and the FA. These blocks will be gradually added, bringing the total list to 128 separate …

North East football club Sunderland AFC has confirmed that UK licensed betting operator Dafabet will replace food distribution business Bidvest, as official club shirt sponsor for the 2015-2016 Premier League season. The shirt sponsorship sees Philippines’ based Dafabet increase its marketing coverage within English football, as Sunderland AFC joins English football clubs Blackburn Rovers and Aston Villa as Dafabet betting …

International football governing body, FIFA has been shell-shocked this week following the charges made against 9 senior ranking officials with regards to bribery and corruption by the FBI and IRS Criminal Investigation Unit. The charged officials are accused of taking in excess of $150 million in bribes stretching back 24 years. US prosecutors said the officials conspired with sports marketing …

Spreadex’s Andy MacKenzie analyses how teams performed compared to their pre-season odds, and finds that it has been a miserable season on Merseyside. The Premier League may be done and dusted for another year – but how does the final table look when it comes to teams’ performances based on their pre-season betting odds? We all know that Chelsea ended …

Following the completion of the 2014/15 league season, UK online betting operator Sky Bet will continue as title sponsor of the Sky Bet Championship, Sky Bet League 1 and Sky Bet League 2 for season 2015/16, the company’s third as title sponsor. Having been in discussions on sponsorship opportunities from 2016 onwards, the League can confirm that Sky Bet has made …

Ipswich Town FC and England Under 19 teenage midfielder Teddy Bishop has been charged with breaching Football Association rules in relation to betting. The 18-year-old, who came through the academy system at Portman Road, faces a charge of committing “alleged multiple breaches” of the guidelines. Bishop has until June 1 to respond to the charge, the FA said on its …

Following a tough run of customer-friendly results, Britain’s bookies will be hoping for a favourable boost from next week’s UEFA Champions League Final. Data collected by global payments leader, Worldpay, during the 2014 Final between fierce rivals Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid reveals that the volume of transactions processed by Britain’s online bookies spiked by a massive 23 per cent on the …

Italian police anti-corruption unit has arrested 50 people, including players, club officials and a Calabrian mobster in connection with accusations relating to match fixing. The arrests have been made in relation to a dozen investigated matches in Italian football’s third tier professional league. Giving further detail regarding the arrests the Italian police said it had gained substantial evidence on the …

The Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) has confirmed that Ladbrokes will become its title sponsor for the next two seasons. The deal announced this morning is believed to be worth £4 million and will see Ladbrokes gain marketing coverage throughout Scottish football’s four professional leagues. SPFL football divisions had been without a sponsor since 2013, when the league was restructured. …