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Pardon Decision for Match-fixing Footballers Draws Widespread Criticism

Pardon Decision for Match-fixing Footballers Draws Widespread Criticism

SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The recent pardon granted by the Korean Football Association to 100 former and current soccer players, coaches, and referees who had been suspended or disciplined for various irregularities, including match-fixing, has caused a public uproar. This pardon includes 48 of the 50 players who were suspended in 2011 for [...]

Sportradar Launches Exchange to Further Engage Bookmakers in Anti-Match Fixing Efforts

Sportradar Launches Exchange to Further Engage Bookmakers in Anti-Match Fixing Efforts

LONDON, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Sportradar Integrity Services, a unit of Sportradar (NASDAQ: SRAD), the leading global sports technology company, supplying sports integrity solutions to more than 150 sports federations, leagues, law enforcement and state authorities, today announced the launch of the Sportradar Integrity Exchange, a network that enables bookmakers to report suspicious betting activity, [...]

Sportradar Integrity Services Highlight the Scale of Match Fixing in Sport Over the Last 18 Months

Sportradar Integrity Services Highlight the Scale of Match Fixing in Sport Over the Last 18 Months

NEW YORK and ST. GALLEN, Switzerland, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Sportradar Integrity Services, a global supplier of sport integrity solutions and partner to over 100 sports federations and leagues, has detected more than 1,100 suspicious sports matches since the start of the global pandemic in April 2020, with 655 of those matches detected in [...]

Korea Suggests Analytical Approach Towards Match Fixing

Korea Suggests Analytical Approach Towards Match Fixing

SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – A symposium taking place on October 20 and 21 at Korea National Sport University (KNSU) will focus predominantly on one subject: a statistical approach to detecting match fixing.  Although match fixing is a persistent issue faced by the sports industry, because is often done discreetly between individuals, the activities [...]

Gov’t to Form Task Force on Corruption in Sports

Gov’t to Form Task Force on Corruption in Sports

SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) – The government announced Thursday it will form a task force on handling corruption in sports in light of a widening match-fixing scandal in professional baseball. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said its senior sports policy officials met with leaders of five pro sports federations Thursday to discuss [...]