Police in Italy have arrested more than 50 people as part of an investigation into allegations of match-fixing in domestic football. According to the BBC, prosecutors said they have uncovered an alleged network between club presidents, coaches, players and some management members. Those detained by police include players and directors from approximately 30 clubs in the country’s third and fourth divisions, while over 70 people are also under investigation in the inquiry led by prosecutors in the southern town of Catanzaro. The police, who have suggested possible links to Mafia organisations, are in the process of studying suspicious results in…

For some soccer fans, the burning question of World Cup match fixing is almost as important as wondering which national team will be crowned champion. That question looms over the upcoming 2014 event is not can matches be fixed by gamblers, but will they be? FIFA assures us that every precaution has been taken to prevent World Cup match fixing from corrupting the games played in Brazil. The organization has begun an “Integrity Initiative” among players, featuring the catchy mantra “Recognize it, resist it and report it.” To aid in this program, FIFA instituted a hotline for players, team officials…

More match-fixing took place in England than anywhere else this season, according to a damning report presented at the European Parliament on Tuesday. Eleven English games were found to have fallen victim to betting fraud by Federbet, an organisation of top European casino owners and bookmakers which monitors suspicious gambling patterns. That was more than was identified in any other country, providing a devastating blow to English football’s reputation for integrity. Ten of the fixtures named by Federbet took place in the Conference North and South, the level of the game at which an investigation by the Telegraph last year…

iGaming Business – Federbet, an organisation of leading gaming operators that monitors suspicious gambling patterns, has reported that more alleged match-fixing took place in England than any other European country during the 2013-14 season. In a report delivered at the European Parliament, Federbet alleged that 11 English games were targeted last season. A total of 10 of the fixtures took place in the Conference North and South, the sixth-tier of English football, in which several players have already been accused of corruption. A game between Notts County and Everton in the Women’s Super League was the 11th fixture named, the…

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…

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…