The Cheat Sheet - March 20, 2025 - A Roundup of Sports, Gambling and Crime News
A new IOC chief, an age fraud scandal in Manchester, and the scale of gambling's takeover of football fully revealed - what a week. The Cheat Sheet walks you through it all.
The Cheat Sheet - March 20, 2025
The weekly briefing for developments in sports, gambling, and crime all around the world.
OLYMPICS
IOC - Mounting harassment allegations give Kirsty Coventry early challenge
A second allegation of harassment emerged against a close associate of International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach, just days before Kirsty Coventry was elected to succeed him. The victim reported a series of humiliations and abuses, which allegedly occurred on several occasions in professional contexts where the victim was expected to meet certain conditions in a potentially intimidating working environment.
FOOTBALL
EUROPE - Revealed: how gambling embedded itself into European football
Investigate Europe has revealed how deeply the gambling industry has embedded itself into European football, with approximately two-thirds of top-division clubs (296 out of 442) across 31 leagues securing partnerships with betting firms for the 2024/25 season. Notably, about one-third of …
