The International Cricket Council (ICC) has voted to allow national teams to sign sponsorship arrangements with betting companies for select matches, according to The Times. Citing sources ‘close to the ICC’, The Times has reported that the global cricket governing body has relaxed its rules to enable betting sponsors during test matches and one-day international (ODI) games. Also included are …
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Sportradar has continued to collaborate with the International Cricket Council (ICC), signing an agreement with the group covering live fielding data. The partnership will see Sportradar capture said data using its cricket collection tool, marking the first time it has ever used the solution in the sport. Objectives of the agreement are to increase engagement with and understanding of cricket’s …
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Sportradar finished its first year and first full quarter as a US Nasdaq listed company citing a strong commercial performance, capitalising the growth of the US sports betting industry. Updating investors in its Q4 and full-year 2021 trading report, the sports data and technology group revealed that its total revenue for the full year stood at €561.2 million, an increase …
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Sportradar has earned recognition for its data-driven betting integrity operations, having secured the International Betting Integrity Association’s (IBIA) Data Standards Kitemark. First launched in October of last year, the Data Standards Kitemark is a set of standards and guidelines relating to the collection of data for the purpose of protecting sporting integrity against betting corruption. In issuing the Kitemark, described …
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Stats Perform has added Cricket West Indies (CWI) into its portfolio of partners, incorporating exclusive and official international and domestic data and live streams from the sports authority to its official cricket service. Covering live streams, live data and news videos for all CWI home international fixtures featuring the men’s, women’s and ‘A’ teams, the sports tech provider will supply …
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Accusations of match fixing made by Qatari government-funded news outlet Al Jazeera have been dismissed by the International Cricket Council (ICC). The allegations were initially made in the 2018 documentary ‘Cricket’s Match Fixers’ broadcast in May 2018, which claimed that two of India’s test matches – one against England in Chennai in 2017 and another against Australia in Ranchi in …
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