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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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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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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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Match-fixing: Etuhu convicted of attempting to fix top tier Swedish league game

November 14 – Former Nigeria international Dickson Etuhu has been found guilty of attempted match-fixing in Sweden where he last played.

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Europe

Ceferin targets match-fixing and broadcast piracy in push to protect game

September 25 – Two separate initiatives, one targeting match-fixing, the other pirate broadcasting, are being launched by UEFA.

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Sport Genius lands match-fixing monitoring and data contract with Superliga Argentina

August 22 – Superliga Argentina has engaged Genius Sports to monitor betting markets for susipicion of match-fixing within its competition as well as conduct a series of educational integrity workshops.

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Nigerian FA backs Siasia in fight to overturn match-fixing life ban

August 20 – The Nigeria Football Federation is standing by its former national coach Samson Siasia saying it is  “shocked” by the life ban for bribery meted out by FIFA and vowing to help overturn it.

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Nigerian coaching legend Samson Siasia banned for life for match-fixing

August 19 – Yet another  prominent African footballing figure has been thrown out of the game for bribery related to match-fixing, with FIFA hitting former Nigeria coach Samson Siasia with a life ban.

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Match-fixing report notes drop in suspicious games but rise in youth and international fixes

By Paul Nicholson

August 16 – A new report tracking the match-fixing trends and number of suspicious betting patterns in matches worldwide has found a small percentage drop in the number of ‘suspicious’ matches, but an increased activity at youth, international, friendly and women’s matches.

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Football Asia

Match-fixing: AFC bans four players for life for fixing AFC Cup games

AFC headquarter KL

August 2 – The Asian Football Confederation has banned four players for life for attempting to fix matches in the AFC Cup in 2017 and 2018.

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Match-fixing: Bundesliga renews betting monitoring deal with Sportradar

August 1 – The Bundesliga and Sportradar have renewed their match-fixing monitoring and integrity services partnership for a further two years.

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Match-fixing

DFB brings in Genius Sports to monitor match-fixing threat

July 30 – The German FA (DFB – Deutscher Fussball Bund) has selected Genius Sports to monitor more than 7,500 fixtures for match-fixing and betting-related corruption activity.

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Match-fixing: Swedish betting markets suspended for second tier league

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July 29 – Following the suspension of all betting markets on the Swedish second tier following a series of match-fixing alerts, Svenska Spel has said the only solution to the problem is to suspend all betting, indefinitely on the league.

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Match-fixing: FIFA ban Sierra Leone administrator Kabba for five years

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July 26 – Abu Bakarr Kabba, former administrative secretary of the Sierra Leone Football Association, is the latest African official to be sanctioned by FIFA for taking bribes as part of FIFA’s investigation into notorious matchfixer Wilson Raj Perumal.

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Match-fixing Botswana ref Kgotlele banned for life

July 23 – Former Botswana Football Association (BFA) general secretary Mooketsi Kgotlele has been banned for life by FIFA for accepting bribes in the latest serious misdemeanour to rock the image of African football.

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