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Botafogo's US owner makes Brasileirao match-fixing claims

Botafogo's US owner makes Brasileirao match-fixing claims

The Brasileirão season concluded on Wednesday, but Botafogo owner John Textor is still fighting over match-fixing allegations. Palmeiras collected its 12th Brazilian Serie A title this week. The Big Green clinched the championship on the night by grabbing a point against Cruzeiro. The draw, mixed with losses by Atletico Mineiro and Flamengo, officially meant that […]

Americans Abroad

/ 345 days ago

Botafogo's US owner makes Brasileirao match-fixing claims

The Brasileirão season concluded on Wednesday, but Botafogo owner John Textor is still fighting over match-fixing allegations. Palmeiras collected its 12th Brazilian Serie A title this week. The Big Green clinched the championship on the night by grabbing a point against Cruzeiro. The draw, mixed with losses by Atletico Mineiro and Flamengo, officially meant that […]

Cameroon

/ 415 days ago

Samuel Eto'o under police investigation for match fixing

Former Barcelona star Samuel Eto'o is currently being investigated by Cameroon police for match fixing. Following his retirement as a player, the striker was named president of the Cameroon Football Federation (Fecafoot) in 2021. According to a report by Camfoot, Eto'o allegedly used his power to manipulate matches in Cameroon's second-tiered division. L'Equipe reported this […]

English Football

/ 449 days ago

FA hoping to ban bets on yellow cards during matches

The Football Association (FA) wants gambling companies to stop allowing bets on yellow cards during matches. The governing body of the sport in England has growing concerns of players manipulating incidents to receive extra money. These decisions could end up creating match-fixing problems in the Premier League and lower divisions. Mail Sport is claiming that […]

Brasileiro League

/ 578 days ago

Brasileirão games being investigated for match-fixing

Brazilian authorities announced at least six Brasileirão matches from last year are under investigation for match-fixing. Police officials recently raided homes of businessmen and players allegedly associated with the infractions. This widespread blitz reportedly involved defendants across 16 cities in six Brazilian states. Players in 11 games offered thousands of dollars The initial investigation back […]

Barcelona

/ 593 days ago

Barcelona faces ban from Champions League: Decision by June

UEFA will apparently take their time in investigating Barcelona's alleged payments to an ex-LaLiga referee executive. Europe's governing body of the sport is potentially looking to ban the Barcelona from the Champions League. However, the Daily Mail is reporting that the organization may not make an official ruling on the issue until June. Barca previously […]

COVID-19

/ 1120 days ago

Covid adds fuel to the match-fixing fire: expert

Paris (AFP) – A record number of sports matches are likely to be fixed in 2021 after the Covid pandemic "added fuel to the fire", an executive at one of the world's leading sports technology companies has told AFP. Sportradar Integrity Services, a global supplier of sport integrity solutions and partner to over 100 sports […]
ByAFP

Match Fixing

/ 2973 days ago

Matchfixing a vital battle to win: UEFA integrity chief

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Combating match-fixing in football is absolutely crucial for the integrity of the sport, says Emilio Garcia UEFA's head of disciplinary and integrity matters. However, he concedes that it is not an easy task with the mafia behind a lot of corruption. Garcia, who was speaking at the SoccerEx Global Football […]
ByAFP

Leagues: La Liga

/ 3110 days ago

Rayo Vallecano deny match-fixing amid La Liga probe

Madrid (AFP) – Players of La Liga strugglers Rayo Vallecano vehemently denied any wrongdoing on Friday amid an investigation from the Spanish league into suspicious betting patterns before their 2-1 defeat to Real Sociedad last weekend. Rayo now need to win against Levante on Sunday and hope other results go their way to avoid relegation. […]
ByAFP

Match Fixing

/ 3201 days ago

Match fixing in UK football, the history and future

It’s a miracle how little football in the UK has been affected from match making scandals compared to other countries like Italy for example. So, there may be two possibilities for this, either football fixing in the UK is hard to detect or there is none. Nevertheless, there have been several incidents throughout the history […]

Match Fixing

/ 3274 days ago

Notorious Singaporean match-fixer arrested just over one week after release from prison

A Singaporean accused of leading the world's largest soccer match-fixing syndicate was rearrested in the city-state Tuesday about a week after he was freed by the country's highest court, local media reported. Businessman Dan Tan, who was arrested in Sept. 2013 but never tried, was released on Nov. 25 after the Court of Appeal ruled […]
ByAFP

Match Fixing

/ 3280 days ago

Alleged global soccer match-fixer freed in Singapore

A Singaporean accused of leading the world's largest football match-fixing syndicate was freed on Wednesday after a surprise court ruling seen as a blow to efforts to rid global sport of corruption. Businessman Dan Tan, who was arrested in September 2013 but never tried, was released after the Court of Appeal ruled that it was […]
ByAFP