Former Nigerian coach’ Siasia loses NY court attempt to overturn match-fixing ban
November 2 – FIFA has won the dismissal of a lawsuit by former Nigeria coach Samson Siasia in a New York court, after Siasia challenged his match-fixing ban.
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UEFA hits Latvian club director with 10- year match-fixing ban
October 29 – Edgars Gauračs, a former striker for the Latvian national team and Director General at Latvian club FK Spartaks Jūrmala, has been sanctioned with a ten-year ban for match-fixing.
Football under threat as bet monitoring system reports surge in match-fixing
October 14 – Sportradar is reporting that its match-fixing detecting system highlighted 1,100 suspicious matches in the past 18 months, with 655 coming in the first nine months of 2021.
Match-fixing: UEFA join with FIFPRO to push Red Button whistleblowing app
October 8 – UEFA and players’ union FIFPRO are pushing the Red Button whistleblowing app as the go-to platform for players to report possible match-fixing incidents.
Kenya suspends 5 refs in match-fixing scandal
August 3 – Kenya has provisionally suspended five top football league referees over allegations of match-fixing and the manipulation of national league results.
UEFA increases resource to tackle match-fixing and organised crime
July 13 – UEFA have moved to increase the resources to fight against betting related match-fixing in European football.
Nigerian Siasia has life ban for match-fixing cut to five years by CAS
June 22 – Former Nigeria coach Samson Siasia’s life ban for bribery related to match-fixing has been reduced to five years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) which argued he did not profit from his misdemeanor.
Turkish media boss and police chief jailed for fabricating Fenerbahce match-fixing case
June 8 – A Turkish court has sentenced a media executive and a former police chief to more than 1,000 years each in prison for conspiring to bring match-fixing charges against top-flight Fenerbahce.
Kenya’s Zoo FC to appeal expulsion from Premier League for match-fixing
May 5 – In another blow to Kenyan football, Premier League club Zoo FC have been sanctioned for suspected match fixing, and relegated the club from the domestic Premier League.
Bulgarian police to work with Sportradar in war on match-fixing
May 5 – Sports betting integrity specialist Sportradar, which services a bulk of national federations and confederations with its bet monitoring systems, has taken the battle against match-fixing a step further with an MoU with the General Directorate National Police of Bulgaria.
Serbian FA hits two clubs with 6 point deductions for match-fixing
April 16 – Four days after UEFA ordered the Serbian FA (FSS) to investigate alleged match-fixing, two second-tier clubs have been fined and suffered a points deduction.
UEFA suspends Russian ref while match-fixing probe on-going
April 16 – A Russian referee has been suspended for 90 days during a UEFA investigation into a suspected match-fixing case.
With Dutch set for online betting NOC calls in Sportradar to boost match-fixing protection
April 8 – With the Dutch on the cusp of legalising online sports betting in the country, the Netherlands Olympic Committee*Dutch Sports Federation (NOC*NSF) has moved to increase protection against match-fixing via a new deal with Sportradar Integrity Services.
Penalty happy Serbian ref jailed on match-fixing charges
April 6 – A Serbian referee has been handed a 15-month prison sentence and banned from officiating in his country for 10 years after awarding two highly suspicious penalties, one of which was described as “scandalous” by the local media.
Swedish FA calls in Sportradar to boost fight against match-fixing
March 31 – Swedish football that has been rocked by match-fixing scandal and saw criminal charges issued against five individuals last December, has moved to beef up its integrity operations via an increased betting monitoring deal with Sportradar.