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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.
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]
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]
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
On his return to the United Kingdom, he was fined £400. In later years, he worked as a groundsman in southeast London. Ironically, Kay had been named man of the match in the Ipswich Town vs Sheffield Wednesday match – the match the Sunday People newspaper accused him of having conspired to lose and which he was found guilty of having "thrown ...
The cost of fixing matches in England was "very high" according to the fixer, who said the cost for players was usually £70,000. [1] The fixer planned to target two football matches in Britain in November, and tell the players how many total goals needed to be scored. [1]
Following the inquiry, media speculated about the possibility that Atalanta and Siena might lose their right to play in Serie A in 2011–12. Atalanta's situation was considered particularly delicate due to the direct involvement of Cristiano Doni in the match fixing process, whereas Siena was accused of having paid Sassuolo players in order to obtain a win by more than three goals (game ended ...
Pobeda were found guilty of match-fixing in a tie against Armenian club Pyunik in 2004. As a consequence, the club was handed an eight-year ban from all European competitions, and club president Aleksandar Zabrčanec and former captain Nikolce Zdravevski were given lifetime European football bans. [ 9 ]