Inside World Football
Inside World Football
  • Home
  • Asia
    • News
    • Competitions
    • Federations
    • Development
  • Europe
  • FIFA
  • Marketing
    • Broadcast
  • Finance
  • Match-fixing
  • Integrity
  • Performance

Match-fixing

FIFA joins with UNODC in battle against match-fixers

January 6 – FIFA has joined forces with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in a new campaign encouraging the football industry to raise awareness about global match-fixing.

Read more …

Europe

Police swoop as Europol says organised crime has infiltrated 5 of Moldova’s 10 top tier clubs

iwf matchfixing 3

December 9 – Five of the 10 football clubs in the Moldovan top flight have been involved in match-fixing linked to organised crime this season, Europol has said.

Read more …

Europe

Berbr resigns post as Czech FA scrambles to limit match-fixing damage

By Andrew Warshaw

October 20 – Within hours of being embroiled in match-fixing scandal that has rocked his country, the vice-chairman of the Czech FA, Roman Berbr, has handed in his resignation despite having vehemently denied any involvement.

Read more …

Europe

Sweeping police raids pick up Czech FA’s Berbr on match-fixing charges

October 19 – The vice-president of the Czech Football Association has been taken into custody after becoming embroiled in a match-fixing scandal he vehemently denies.

Read more …

Match-fixing

Paraguayan club boss banned for life for match-fixing

September 29 – FIFA has handed Marco Antonio Trovato Villalba, president of the Paraguayan club Olimpia, a life-time ban from the game after finding the football official guilty of match manipulation.

Read more …

Match-fixing

Match-fixing down slightly as fixers target weekdays and international games, finds report

September 2 – The number of betting related fixed matches saw a fractional decrease in 2020, according to the third annual Suspicious Betting Trends in Global Football Report.

Read more …

Europe

Armenian League, ravaged by match-fixing, secures record betting sponsorship with VBET

August 17 – Armenian football, which has been so plagued by match-fixing that it abandoned its second tier league, has announced a new sponsorship deal with online bookmaker brand VBET, owned by BetConstruct.

Read more …

Match-fixing

Match-fixing: Europol warns organised crime gangs are taking football in their grip

iwf matchfixing 3

By Paul Nicholson

August 7 – The involvement of organised criminal gangs (OCGs) in sports, and football in particular, is increasing in Europe and the Covid crisis has accelerated that increase, according to a new report by Europol, the European Union’s agency for law enforcement cooperation.

Read more …

Football Asia

Match-fixing: AFC adds goalkeeper to long list of Laos players banned for life

August 3 – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has issued another life time ban on a Laos national team player for match fixing.

Read more …

Match-fixing

Football’s Deep State: Are match-fixers infiltrating the governing bodies and their suppliers?

greece crime scene

By Paul Nicholson

July 17 – In 2018 when Insideworldfootball and Rex Sport hosted their Tackling Match-fixing conference in London a number of panellists made the point that betting related match manipulation was the playground of major organised crime gangs.

Read more …

Match-fixing

Match-fixing: Armenia suspends whole second tier, bans 45, disqualifies five clubs

July 8 – Football authorities in Armenia have suspended their entire second tier and handed out 45 lifetime bans after one of the biggest match-fixing episodes of recent years in Europe.

Read more …

Match-fixing

Brazilian ‘ghost’ game offered on 200 betting markets worldwide

Brazil eye

May 20 – The integrity of a match reportedly played between two Brazilian clubs on March 25, and which was offered on the betting markets attracting a reported £1.4 million in wagers, is being investigated.

Read more …

Integrity

Former club officials and players at Osasuna and Real Betis jailed for matchfixing

greece crime scene

April 24 – In a landmark ruling, nine former executives, players, and businessmen including five former directors of Osasuna and two ex-Real Betis players have been handed prison sentences after being found guilty of being involved in match-fixing – the first time ever that  sporting corruption has led to jail terms in Spain.

Read more …

Integrity

Former Man City star Etuhu loses appeal against ban for attempted match-fixing

April 17 – Former Nigerian international Dickson Etuhu (pictured), who played for a raft English teams including Manchester City, has been banned from football in Sweden, where he last competed, for five years for attempted match-fixing.

Read more …

Coronavirus

UEFA issues match fixing warning as fixers adapt to Covid-19 restrictions

match fixing2

April 6 – UEFA has issued an intelligence alert to its federations warning that match-fixers are quickly adapting to Covid-19 restrictions, despite the bulk of leagues and games across Europe having been shut down.

Read more …

  • Page 1 of 10
  • 1 (current)
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • Next ›
  • Last »
Follow us:
  • Home
  • Search
  • Sign up for our daily news bulletin

4 questions for 4 leaders

android-app
ios-app

3rd Annual Rexsport IWF Forum

Columnists

  • Inside Insight
  • Mihir Bose
  • David Owen
  • Lee Wellings
  • John Yan
  • Andrew Warshaw
  • Osasu Obayiuwana
  • Matt Scott
  • Massimo Cecchini
  • Sports Law: Dr Laila Mintas
  • Richard van Poortvliet
  • Martin Volkmar

Latest News

  • CAS confuses with a lose lose decision for everyone, or was it a win win? Who knows?
  • Barca’s $billion debt bubble looks ready to burst
  • Premier League registers further drop in number of covid positive tests
  • Senegal’s Senghor puts himself at front of race for CAF presidency
  • SIGA Youth Forum releases full agenda and speakers for Jan. 27 opening
  • About us
  • Contact
  • Privacy
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Acceptable Use Policy