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
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.
Match-fixing: FIFA ban Sierra Leone administrator Kabba for five years
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.
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.
UEFA pull Mechelen out of Europa League over matchfixing case
July 19 – European governing body UEFA has removed Belgian club KV Mechelen from the upcoming group stages of the Europa League as a result of its involvement in match-fixing last year.
Match-fixing: Georgia bans five as Kaladze promises tough justice for fixers
June 10 – Five players, who admitted their role in a matchfixing scam in Georgia, have all been banned. The five all play for FC Wit Georgia and have been named as Giorgi Getiashvili, Joni Sherozia, Nikoloz Maisuradze, Nodar Kiknavelidze and Paata Ghudushauri.
Former Spanish hero Raul Bravo suspected as leader of Spanish match-fixing ring
May 29 – Spanish reports claim Real Madrid’s former international defender Raul Bravo is the suspected ringleader of a damaging match-fixing operation that hit the headlines this week and has rocked Spanish football.
Match-fixing: Spanish police swoop on ‘criminal’ football gang
May 29 – Spanish football has rocked by a damaging new match-fixing scandal with a number of arrests of current and former players and club executives.
Match-fixing: FAI to probe second top tier match after betting volumes spark concern
May 20 – The scourge of match-fixing has again reared its head in Europe with suspicious betting activity surrounding a League of Ireland First Division match between Cobh Ramblers and Limerick at the weekend prompting an investigation by the Football Association of Ireland (FAI).
Matchfixing in esports: an accident looking for somewhere to happen?
May 15 – When he was in charge of UEFA, Michel Platini famously described match-fixing as the cancer of football.
Bulgarian FA relegates Vereya from top flight over persistent match-fixing alerts
May 8 – Bulgarian top-flight club Vereya have been thrown out of their domestic league after repeated warnings from UEFA over suspected match-fixing.
Belgium’s Mechelen and Waasland-Beveren face relegation over match-fixing charges
April 30 – The Belgian FA (KBVB) have begun the procedure which will determine if KV Mechelen and Waasland-Beveren will be relegated to the second tier of Belgian football after accusations of match-fixing on the final day of last season.
Match-fixing claims in Ligue 1 spark ‘backstage games’ row between Guincamp and Caen
April 26 – The French league are investigating allegations of match-fixing made by EA Guingamp against their relegation rivals SM Caen before the latter’s 1-0 defeat against Angers earlier this month.
FIFA clears up match-fixing cases with raft of player bans across Africa and Caribbean
April 25 – FIFA have issued lifetime bans to eight current and former players and an agent after they were found guilty of match manipulation.
French police probe into €32k cash bet on Tunisian divison 1 match
April 24 – A probe into alleged match-fixing in Tunisia has been launched by both the country’s FA and French police following an alert triggered by French state-owned betting operator Française des Jeux (FDJ).