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2. List of match-fixing incidents - Wikipedia

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   In 2010, a match between cruiserweights Paul Briggs and Danny Green was declared fixed following an investigation by WA Professional Combat Sports Commission. Green was exonerated by the investigation, but Briggs, who was knocked out 29 seconds into the first round, was found to have purposefully taken a dive.

3. Match fixing - Wikipedia

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   In organized sports, match fixing (also known as game fixing, race fixing, throwing, rigging or more generally sports fixing) is the act of playing or officiating a contest with the intention of achieving a predetermined result, violating the rules of the game and often the law.

4. Match fixing in association football - Wikipedia

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   After that, the number of fixed matches decreased and many domestic championship results were again the consequence of fair matches. The press admitted that competitive run during the 2005-2006 European of Romanian teams was a normal consequence of eradication of blaturi due to a strong and long anti-blat campaign.

5. Bolivia's top two soccer tournaments canceled due to alleged ...

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   Bolivia's soccer federation canceled two professional tournaments on Tuesday due to an alleged scheme of match-fixing involving referees, players and club executives. The decision to cancel the ...

6. List of snooker players investigated for match-fixing - Wikipedia

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   Despite plans to fix the results of three matches being abandoned in two cases, an independent tribunal found Chen guilty of fixing or conspiring to fix the results of three matches in total, in breach of Rules 2.1.2.1 and 2.2 of the WPBSA Members Rule and Regulations. Chen was sentenced to a ban of five years, reduced from seven and a half ...

7. Spot-fixing - Wikipedia

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   Spot-fixing differs from match fixing in which the final result of a match is fixed or point shaving in which players (or officials) attempt to limit the margin of victory of the favoured team. Spot-fixing is more difficult to detect than match fixing or point shaving, and by its nature, it can be perpetrated by a lone fraudulent player without ...

8. Match fixing related to gambling - Wikipedia

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   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.

9. 1964 British football match-fixing scandal - Wikipedia

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   The following year, Gauld's betting syndicate tried to fix the result of a match played on 20 April 1963 between Bradford Park Avenue and Bristol Rovers; consequently, two Bristol Rovers players – goalkeeper Esmond Million and inside-forward Keith Williams – were named in the Sunday People as having taken bribes to "throw" the match, which ...