Tag Archives: Match Fixing

Brazil’s top football competition, the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, could grind to a halt after calls were made to stop it by the country’s highest tribune of sports integrity.  Jorge Kajuru, President of the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry on Match and Sports Betting (CPI), issued a statement recommending that the football championship be put on hold in connection with reports …

The latest report from the International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) has revealed that football and tennis remain at high risk from suspicious betting.  Data for Q1 2024 showed that out of 56 total alerts, 24 and 18 were from football and tennis events respectively, accounting for 43% and 25%.  Alerts increased overall during the quarter, up 65% on Q4 2023 …

China’s sports integrity standards have been put under question after a suspicious finale at the Beijing Half Marathon drew criticism from the public.   He Jie, a Chinese marathon record holder, was the first runner to cross the marathon’s finish line by clocking in at 1 hour, 3 minutes, and 44 seconds.  A commendable time some might say, and they wouldn’t …

Representatives from Peru’s League 1 club Los Chankas have made accusations about a potential match-fixing incident in a league match. On social media, the club’s management alleged that their 1-0 loss to Atlético Grau in a recent match from the Liga 1 Te Apuesto has caused concerns over a potential pre-game settlement agreement.  The post said: “Unfortunately, we are obliged …

Sports integrity analyst Starlizard Integrity Services (SIS) has released its latest report on global football matches, identifying 167 games as suspicious throughout 2023.  The study looks closely at more than 65,000 matches, with the 167 number representing 0.26% of the total. This however is an increase of 16% compared to the 144 potential cases of manipulation from 2022 that SIS …

Bulgaria’s capital Sofia became the host of an important international panel on match-fixing prevention and sport integrity safeguarding, part of the IntegriSport 3.0 project.  The Bulgarian Ministry of Youth and Sports, in collaboration with the CSCF Foundation for Sport Integrity, welcomed representatives from the country’s government, law enforcement, as well as a number of sport federations and player unions to …

The Dutch sports betting market has been placed under surveillance by the Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), the country’s gaming authority, to root out potential match-fixing in amateur sports competitions.  According to the national legislation on sports betting, “gambling providers who offer betting on sports competitions are not allowed to do so for just every match”.  This is why a number of providers …

Two Algerian tennis players have been banned from the sport as the result of investigations into match-fixing. The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) has put in place a lifetime ban for Mohamed Hassan, and a two-year ban for Houria Boukholda (with 18 months suspended). Additionally, Hassan was fined $12,100 and Boukholda fined $10,000 (with $9,000 suspended). There were reportedly several …

Sportradar has announced the launch of its Integrity Exchange, a network that will enable bookmakers to have a directly active role in the fight against match-fixing and corruption. Developed by Sportradar Integrity Services, the dedicated integrity and match monitoring solutions provider of the Global Nasdaq sportstech firm, the Integrity Exchange is a free-to-use two-way channel. It will allow bookmakers to …