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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Integrity

Ukraine ‘ghost’ games fool bookies and punters as criminals pull off perfect crime

By Paul Nicholson

March 31 – The coronavirus lockdown has not stopped football-related betting fraud with the re-emergence last weekend of so-called ‘ghost’ games in Ukraine.

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Football Asia

AFC give life bans to two Laos players for match-fixing

February 26 – Two Laos internationals have been handed life bans for alleged match-fixing by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).

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Match-fixing

Match-fixing: FIFA probe Myanmar World Cup qualifiers

February 18 – FIFA is investigating suspected match-fixing in Myanmar’s 7-0 defeat in a World Cup qualifier last year.

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Africa

Match-fixing: Four Kenyan club players banned for multiple game fixing in KPL

February 5 – FIFA has banned four Kenyan-based players for their involvement in match-fixing in the latest case of rigging to rock African football.

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Match-fixing

AFC renews commitment to war on match-fixing with extended Sportradar partnership

January 30 – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has extended its integrity partnership with Sportradar aimed at tackling match manipulation and betting fraud in the Asian game. The agreement will run through to 2023 and the next Asian Cup in China.

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Match-fixing

Spanish court hears Osasuna director Vizcay detail culture of match-fixing in LaLiga

January 22 – Top-flight Spanish club Osasuna rigged matches over two seasons in an attempt to avoid relegation, a court heard on Tuesday in the latest match-fixing revelations to strike at the heart of European football.

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Match-fixing

Match fixing threat and bomb attack forces Cyprus to postpone matches

Cyprus

January 20 – Football in Cyprus has once again been plunged into a suspected match-fixing scandal after a raft of matches were postponed at the weekend following notifications sent by UEFA with regard to suspicious betting activity and a bomb attack against a local official.

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Match-fixing

Life ban for penalty pointing Moroccan referee

December 30 – A Moroccan referee has been banned for life for awarding four highly questionable penalties, three of them for the same team, in a domestic league match.

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Match-fixing

Siasia, banned for life for match-fixing, complains of abandonment as he battles for ‘justice’

By Osasu Obayiuwana

December 17 – Samson Siasia, the former Nigeria striker and manager of the Super Eagles, has accused the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) of failing to help him fight against the life ban imposed on him in August by FIFA, world football’s governing body, for match-fixing.

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Match-fixing

Spanish match-fixing case falls apart as judge clears convict 41 players and officials

Scales of justice

December 10 – A Spanish court has cleared 36 players and five others of match-fixing relating to a top-flight survival decider between Levante and Real Zaragoza in the final round of the 2010-11 season.

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Match-fixing

Bosnian police swoop on 12 refs and officals accuse of match-fixing

Red card

November 29 – Leading referees and officials are among 12 people arrested in Bosnia in a match-fixing investigation into the country’s second division.

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