Match-fixing

Article image
MLS player suspended as Brazilian officials charge 16 in alleged match-fixing scheme
The Colorado Rapids suspended winger Max Alves on Wednesday in connection with alleged unlawful sports gambling

Guardian sport and agencies

11, May, 2023 @4:19 PM

Article image
Notorious match-fixer Solti’s game of fine margins echoes down the years | Jonathan Wilson
Liverpool’s Champions League meeting with Internazionale will conjure memories of 1965’s controversial semi-final – and the man behind the machinations

Jonathan Wilson

12, Feb, 2022 @8:00 PM

Article image
Match-fixing suspicions raised in 1,100 cases since pandemic’s start
Potential match-fixing has been detected in more than 1,100 sports matches since April 2020, according to Sportradar Integrity Services

Jacob Steinberg

15, Oct, 2021 @10:16 AM

Article image
Match-fixing on rise during pandemic and 'diversifying' into new areas
Suspicious football friendlies increased from 38 in 2019 to 62 in 2020 while sports like table tennis, esports and volleyball were targeted more than ever before

Sean Ingle

16, Feb, 2021 @12:01 AM

Article image
Revealed: expected goals being used in football's war against match-fixing
Expected goals and other analytics have become a vital new weapon in the fight against match-fixing

Exclusive by Sean Ingle

13, Feb, 2021 @8:00 AM

Article image
Former Osasuna official says club fixed La Liga matches in 2013 and 2014
The Spanish first division club Osasuna fixed football matches in an attempt to avoid relegation over two seasons, a court was told

Sid Lowe in Madrid

21, Jan, 2020 @6:17 PM

Article image
Cyprus match-fixing whistleblower faces €5,000 fine after Guardian exposé
Spyros Neofitides has accused the Cyprus Football Association of intimidation tactics aimed at silencing those who dare to speak out about match-fixing in professional leagues

Helena Smith in Athens

13, Sep, 2016 @10:19 AM

Article image
What would drive a tennis champion to cheat? | Steve Howell
Tennis is just the latest sport to be hit with allegations of corruption. Athletes are training so hard, then risking everything for a quick buck

Steve Howell

19, Jan, 2016 @1:36 PM

Article image
Ex-Premier League footballer jailed for part in match-fixing plot
Delroy Facey, 35, a former Bolton Wanderers striker, given two-and-a-half-year sentence for his part in conspiracy to bribe lower-league players

James Meikle and agencies

29, Apr, 2015 @4:29 PM

Article image
Stephen Dawson: the police told me I could go to prison for match-fixing
The case against the Rochdale midfielder has been dropped but he tells Paul Doyle his career has suffered and he is determined to discover who dragged him into the scandal that nearly broke him

Paul Doyle

16, Jan, 2015 @10:00 PM

Article image
Fake sheikh Mazher Mahmood cases to be reviewed by CPS
Crown Prosecution Service reviews 25 cases based on Sun reporter’s evidence and inquiry into football spot-fixing is halted

Josh Halliday and Roy Greenslade

04, Dec, 2014 @8:42 PM

Article image
Interpol-Fifa investigators want tougher laws to prevent match-fixing
Members of an Interpol-Fifa initiative set up to fight match-fixing have warned that tougher legislation is needed to tackle the crime

Andy Hunter

10, Sep, 2014 @12:56 PM

1 / 8 pages