FIFA President Gianni Infantino has highlighted that the threat of match manipulation ‘has not gone away’. Addressing the first FIFA Integrity Summit – which was held in Singapore in collaboration with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) – Infantino stated that the issue can only be tackled if the world governing body and its …
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The Philippines Football League (PFL) has announced a multifaceted agreement with Sportradar, ahead of the association’s second season, which kicks off at the start of march. As part of the deal the sports betting solutions provider is to become the PFL’s official and exclusive global audio-visual, data distribution and integrity services partner. Utilising the Sportradar over-the-top (OTT) solution, the PFL …
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has announced the signing of a new agreement with Sportradar, with the partnership charged with tackling issues within the field of integrity. Specifically addressing match fixing, the Sportradar intelligence and investigation services will be utilised by the AFC throughout the 2018 and 2019 season, tasked with investigating the people behind the fraud on the pitch …
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Seeking to enhance its capabilities against match-fixing, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has launched a dedicated ‘integrity mobile application’ powered by sports data and integrity specialist Sportradar. The integrity app will enable fans, players and officials to report possible suspicious activities or provide information concerning match-fixing or corruption to the AFC Integrity Unit. AFC officials detail that the app will …
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Sportradar has penned an agreement with the Thai Premier League to monitor betting during the 2014 season. The association builds on the organisation’s existing partnerships in the region with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and Football Federation Australia (FFA), and will see Sportradar scrutinise betting behaviour and patterns for all 380 games of the campaign, including those games that were completed earlier in the year. Speaking about …
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has urged member associations to appoint integrity officers to curb match fixing allegations and irregularities. According to the AFC.com website, the Integrity Action Plan will protect the integrity of competition, promote fairplay and maintain good football governance throughout the region, which includes teams from East, South/Central and West. World Cup hopefuls Australia, Japan, Korea Republic …
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