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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]
On 14 October 2015, the Kathmandu Police arrested five Nepalese national team players suspected of match fixing in the world cup qualifiers 2011. The arrest was based on information coming from AFC and their collaboration with Sportradar Security Services. [76] In November 2015, these five Nepalese players appeared in court charged with match ...
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
Evidence of match fixing has been found throughout recorded history, [51] and the history of match fixing is closely related to the history of illegal gambling. [ 52 ] The ancient Olympic Games were almost constantly dealing with allegations of athletes accepting bribes to lose a competition [ 53 ] and city-states which often tried to ...
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The first match arranged to be fixed was a friendly between Lazio and Palermo on 1 November 1979, which ended in a draw as planned. However, many of the games did not end as planned, and Trinca and Cruciani reportedly lost over 100 million lire by February 1980 (worth around US$117,000 in 1980 dollars or over US$400,000 in 2022).
This is a list of the association football competitions past and present for international teams and for club football, in individual countries and internationally. Confirmed future competitions are also included.