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Match-fixing

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Match-fixing

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

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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.

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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.

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Match-fixing

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

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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.

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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.

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Match-fixing

Brazilian ‘ghost’ game offered on 200 betting markets worldwide

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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

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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

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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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