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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.
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 world cups are, depending on the sport, either the highest level international tournaments in a given sport, or the second level of competition after world championships. List [ edit ]
AFC championship game. 1. Kansas City Chiefs vs. 2. Buffalo Bills. ... Matchups are determined by seeding, since the bracket is not a fixed one that is common in other sports. That provides a wide ...
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 ...
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.
The 1994 FIBA World Championship, which was held in Canada, was the first FIBA World Cup tournament in which currently active US NBA players that had already played in an official NBA regular season game were allowed to participate. All FIBA World Championship/World Cup tournaments since then are thus considered fully professional level ...