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In September 1913, heavyweight boxer Arthur Pelkey, who was the reigning World White Heavyweight Champion, submitted a signed letter to Roscoe Fawcett, sports editor of The Oregonian, which stated that he was involved in a fixed match on March 26, 1913, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada under the direction of his manager Tommy Burns.
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.
The issue also affects a number of other sports across the world. [4] In May 2011, world governing body FIFA announced an anti-match fixing plan, [5] and in September 2012 FIFA President Sepp Blatter warned that match-fixing endangered "the integrity of the game". [6] In September 2014, the Council of Europe also announced they would tackle the ...
In various sports, a forfeit is a method in which a match automatically ends, and the forfeiting team loses.. There are two distinct forms of forfeiture. One occurs when a team is unable (or refuses) to meet the basic standards for playing the game, either before the game begins or as a result of actions that happen during the match.
Formula One World Championship Drivers: 1950: Max Verstappen 2025: Annual Most wins: Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton 7, Juan Manuel Fangio 5 Constructors: 1958: McLaren-Mercedes Most wins: Ferrari 16, McLaren 9, Williams 8 Formula E World Championship Drivers 2014–15: Pascal Wehrlein 2024–25: Annual Manufacturers Jaguar
The Ravens rolled to a dominant 34-10 win, which punched their first ticket to a conference championship game since they won the Super Bowl in the 2012 season. As the top seed in the AFC, the ...
Although Formula One races had been taking place since 1948, it was not until 1950 that the World Championship was established. [8] Safety was almost a non-issue [9] in the first 10 years of racing and technological progress was extremely slow compared to modern standards. All of the circuits that Formula One raced on in the 1950s had no safety ...
This article gives a list of world championships in mind sports which usually represent the most prestigious competition for a specific board game, card game or mind sport. World championships can only be held for most games or mind sports with the ratification of an official body.