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The reason for fixing a match includes ensuring a certain team advances or gambling. Match fixing is seen as one of the biggest problems in organized sports and is considered as a major scandal. This article is a list of match fixing incidents and of matches that are widely suspected of having been fixed.
A Europol investigation into match-fixing by criminal syndicates published its initial findings in February 2013. Of 380 matches in Europe alleged to be fixed, one took place in England. The match, a UEFA Champions League tie from the "last three or four years", was not named due to "ongoing judicial proceedings". [14] [15]
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The issue of match fixing in association football has been described, in 2013, by Chris Eaton, the former Head of Security of FIFA (the sport's world governing body), as a "crisis", [1] while UEFA's president Michel Platini has said that if it continues, "football is dead". [2]
Match fixing in association football; Match fixing in cricket. List of cricketers banned for match fixing; Organized crime; Over–under (both teams combined score betting) Point shaving (attempts to manipulate a match score based on the point spread) Sports betting; Spot-fixing (attempts to manipulate certain portions of a match) Team orders
As for individuals at lower levels of the football system, they are banned from betting on any match in the league in which they participate, as well as matches in which they are directly involved. [7] [8] Match fixing in football remains a major concern. In Turkey in 2011 more than 30 players and staff have been convicted of game fixing.
1999 Chinese football match-fixing scandal; 2001 Chinese football match-fixing scandal; 2003–2009 Chinese football match-fixing scandals; 2011 South Korean football match-fixing scandal; 2011–12 Italian football match-fixing scandal; 2013 English football match-fixing scandal; 2015 Greek football match-fixing scandal
In the complaints, he also accused football referees of receiving agreed bribes. However, such accusations were not presented to the competent bodies. The businessman also accused Fortaleza , Palmeiras and São Paulo , without presenting evidence, [ 7 ] of colluding to harm Botafogo. [ 8 ]