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Sports betting incumbents have been warned not to rest on their laurels, as a disruptive decade faces more changes driven by AI adoption. The message comes from sports figurehead and technologist Carsten Koerl, the founder and CEO of Sportradar, who believes without hesitation that the terms of play for sports and betting will be re-written by the end of the decade. Taking …

DAZN has become the exclusive broadcaster of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup after brokering a major deal with FIFA for the expansion of its OTT sports streaming platform.  The offering will include worldwide free-to-view live streaming of all 63 Club World Cup matches, with the option to potentially sublicense the rights to regional  free-to-air linear broadcast networks. The partnership …

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has given players a stern warning against betting on sports. Promising ‘severe sanctions’ ahead of a busy summer of football, Infantino addressed the issue of match-fixing in sports during an event in Paris honouring football icons such as Pelé.  The President emphasised that players should not engage in gambling, whether in football, rugby, or any sport. …

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has highlighted that the threat of match manipulation ‘has not gone away’. Addressing the first FIFA Integrity Summit – which was held in Singapore in collaboration with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) – Infantino stated that the issue can only be tackled if the world governing body and its …

Football is ingrained in Brazil’s history, heritage and culture. Ricardo Pisani, Business Development Manager at Genius Sports, states that engaging Brazil’s football audiences will be a challenge for bookmakers like no other…   No other country on earth has won more World Cups than Brazil. Brazilians have a saying that while basketball and volleyball are the country’s top sports, football …

FIFA’s Integrity Task Force has announced that it successfully concluded its evaluation of the Women’s World Cup.  Commissioned to monitor the competition and all connected gambling activities, there were zero red flags related to suspicious behaviour such as match-manipulation attempts or other similar threats within its 64 matches played across Australia and New Zealand.  The betting integrity watchdog utilised a …

The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) is seeking to extend the Superior Court of Sports Justice (STDJ) to be expanded globally after sending a letter to FIFA. The developments comes after 15 Brazilian players have been charged for fraudulent activities since the STDJ enforcement came in, and now the CBF wants the law to be enacted to all 211 FIFA federations. The law would mean …

The United Lotteries for Integrity in Sports (ULIS) has announced that it is going to monitor the Women’s FIFA World Cup 2023. As part of the FIFA Integrity Task Force, the body will ensure the monitoring of the betting markets of the competition, which is being jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand, and is taking place from 20 July …

No lazy summer for bookmakers, as once again they are tasked with pricing a FIFA World Cup tournament. England travel to Australia and New Zealand as the tournament’s joint-favourites alongside Team USA. Can the Lionesses deliver World Cup glory in what is guaranteed to be the biggest-ever sporting event for women’s sport… __________________ SBC: Following the success of last year’s …

FIFPRO has announced that plans are in motion for the creation of a new global player data management platform to enhance the sports application of the technology. All 66 member unions backed the proposal, which will see the implementation of a one-stop, data-driven platform that showcases detailed player, club, league, and national team performance. “Professional players are a highly mobile and …