Premium Times – Nigeria has been implicated in yet another football match-fixing scandal, with the revelation that the friendly match between the Super Eagles and North Korea on the eve of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa was doctored. The allegation, published by the New York Times, opens a fresh can of worms in a series of claims that Nigeria has featured prominently for years in the dubious art match-rigging. Nigeria won the friendly against the North Korean side by 3-1. Besides the result, that match also grabbed the headlines over a stampede that occurred before the commencement of…

STV – Almost a third of professional footballers in Scotland have admitted breaking the rules on betting for players, a new survey has revealed. The study revealed the extent and attitudes towards gambling in Scottish football and found that 32% of players admitted contravening strict gambling rules set out by our football governing bodies. The report, by the world union for professional footballers, FIFpro, also revealed that one player said they had played in a game that has since been identified as fixed. One player also admitted they had been approached in the past 12 months to fix a match…

Reuters – Betting fraud, not match fixing, should be the main target for those fighting for cleaner sport & there must be a global crusade against in that South East Asia-dominated threat, according to a leading expert. Commenting on an International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS) report in that says criminals are using sports betting to launder $140 billion per year, Sport Integrity director Chris Eaton asserted the target has to change. “We have been focusing at least for the last five years of time on match fixing yet we need to shift the focus on the cause which is…

iGaming Business – French online betting and gaming operator PMU has signed a four-year extension to its sponsorship deal with Ligue 1 football champion Paris Saint-Germain. The operator has been a partner of the football club since 2011 and will take on a wider brief under the terms of the extended deal. The new sponsorship agreement will now additionally cover PSG’s handball and women’s football teams. PSG rounded off its second-consecutive Ligue 1 title triumph on Saturday with a 4-0 win against Montpellier – a record 27th win in a season of top-flight French football. Philippe Germond, chief executive of…

A few weeks after the room welcomed Sweden’s Sofia Lӧvgren and Canada’s Xuan Liu to its already impressive team of ambassadors, 888poker surprised many once more announcing to have inked a deal with Uruguay’s football superstar Luis Suarez. “It’s fantastic to have him on board,” said Senior Vice President of 888 Itai Pazner during a press conference held on May 13. “Luis Suarez is an incredible sporting talent; passionate, competitive, technically gifted, and emotionally invested in the game. It’s those qualities that make him an exciting player to watch, in poker as well as football,” Pazner continued. The 27-year-old Luis…

iGaming Business – UK bookmaker William Hill has cited two “substantial” loss-making weeks driven by football results as one of the main reasons for a year-on-year drop in profit during the three months to March 31, 2014. The company reported that operating profit for the first quarter was down 14% on the same period last year. Retail suffered the most with a 25% drop while online operations also fell 6%. William Hill’s retail business was responsible for 57% of total group revenue, while online and Australian operations contributed 32% and 8% respectively. Over-the-counter amounts wagered via the bookmaker’s retail business…