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Our Best Stories of 2025: Murder, Torture, Match-Fixing and Futsal

How Gambling Impacts Crime Differently in the US and Around the World

Why Was Kenya's U-15 Football Team Forced to Sleep Outside?

The Maths Don't Work

How a Shakira Concert Revealed Systemic Corruption at São Paulo FC

From Fixer to Facilitator: Inside Quentin Folliot's 20-Year Tennis Ban

"Children are Punished as Adults," Experts Warn of WADA’s Treatment of Minors

Why Did the US Really Drop a FIFAGate Bribery Case, Months Before the World Cup?

The Many Crypto Schemes of Khabib Nurmagomedov

FIFA’s Peace Prize Is Run by a Man Accused of Aiding Ethnic Cleansing

Who Killed Cyprus' Most Notorious Match-Fixer? And Why?

Why Galatasaray Is Feeling the Brunt of Turkey's Footballing Crisis

8 Takeaways from the Collapse of Brazil's Historic Match-Fixing Case

Why President Trump Really Likes Pardoning Athletes

The Guide to All Ongoing US Sports Betting Scandals - NBA, MLB, UFC, NCAA and more

Who Was the Agent Threatening Tottenham's Destiny Udogie?

The UFC’s Betting Problem is Back in a Major Way

5 Reasons Why Turkey's Referees Should Have Been Caught Way Earlier

5 Key Points You May Have Missed From the NBA Betting Scandal

France Tennis Probe: How Match-Fixers Evolved and Law Enforcement Kept Up

The New Era of Football Trafficking: Fake Agents Are Kidnapping and Killing African Players

Two Months On, Anatol Kotau Remains Kidnapped. The Silence is Deafening.

How Malaysia Faked Grandparent Birth Records for Foreign Players

How Malaysia Faked Grandparent Birth Records for Foreign Players

High-Tech Esports Match-Fixers Have Sparked a European Crisis

Enhanced Games CEO Says Business is Selling Drugs, Not Tickets

First Vice-President of the European Handball Federation Arrested

We're Launching Free 2 Play - The First Fact-Checking Platform Against Human Trafficking in Sport

Is Australia Too Lenient on Its Corrupt Athletes? Two A-League Stars Just Walked Free

Will Fan Uproar Stop NHL Teams from Signing "Hockey Canada 5"?

Why Do Ecuadorean Players Keep Being Gunned Down?

When Benfica Blatantly Ignored Age Fraud in its Player Transfers

Floorball Scandal Continues to Expose Finland's Woeful Betting Track Record

Ending Exploitation: United Through Sports' Fight to Protect Youth Athletes

Who Benefits? The Gambian Football Deal Splitting Clubs and Sponsors

UEFA Really Doesn't Like Norwegian Fans Calling It a Mafia

The Conveyor Belt of Age Fraud from Guinea-Bissau into Europe

Brazil Joins Macolin Convention Amid Match-Fixing Epidemic

Dreams for Sale: Inside the World of a Fake Football Agent

12 Takeaways from the FA's Lucas Paquetá Written Judgment

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Enhanced Games vs. World Sport: Inside an $800M Monopoly Battle

Bags of Feces and Ignored Warnings - An Evening of Horror in Buenos Aires

M.S. Dhoni's 11 Year Battle for Match-Fixing Justice Finally Goes to Court (Free Article)

100,000 Francs in the Back of a Car - Senegal Football Elections Dissolve into Farce

Why Chilean Thieves Are Robbing Your Favourite Athletes

Michael Phelps Speaks Out Against USA Swimming. He's Entirely Justified.

The Complete Guide to the Premier League's Betting Sponsors, Team by Team

Why We Should Probably Start Worrying About Online Casinos

Harassment Is Profitable - Green Dildo Coin's Value Nears Annual WNBA Pay

Napoli's Rabona Blunder: The Italian Champions Just Broke Gambling Rules

France Just Gave Match-Fixers the Mafia Treatment (Free Article)

How Venezuela's Chief Torturer Took Over Its Football Champions

How Was Lucas Paquetá Cleared of Match-Fixing Charges?

Six Ways the Football Governance Act Stops Crime in English Football

The Rot at the Heart of the French Alps

5 Reasons Why Boxing Cannot Allow US to Modify the Ali Act

The Finish Line of Caster Semenya’s Judicial Marathon

When Owners (And Fake Owners) Fix Their Own Teams

A Bridge to Europe - African Deals Turn Croatian Club into Million-Euro Transfer Hub

So is Julio César Chávez Jr. Actually a Sinaloa Cartel Member?

Prosecutors’ Favourite Trick - When Does Illegal Betting Become Sports Fraud?

US Players Built a Football Combine to Keep Predators Out

Can Sport Ever Really Fight Corruption? One Organisation is Trying.

18 Ways in Which Saudi Arabia Bought the Club World Cup

Australian Football's Illegal Betting Problem Comes Under the Microscope

Australian Football's Illegal Betting Problem Just Keeps Getting Worse

8 Goals Scored, 119 Conceded - The Spanish Team That Existed Only for Match-Fixing

Why Darts and Snooker Are Vulnerable to Match-Fixing—and How to Stop It

How “322” Became Shorthand for Esports Corruption

Arturo Vidal’s Dangerous Gamble: Betting on Himself

Can Anonymous Whistleblowers in Sport Really Expose Match-Fixing?

What Happens When Banned Athletes Return as World-Beaters?

The Inside Story of Zhu Hongxing, China's Leading Football Match-Fixer

The Cheat Sheet - May 5, 2025 - A Roundup of Sports, Gambling and Crime News

Uphill Battle: The Rise and Decline of Colombian Cycling

21 Goals in 20 Minutes - Dutch Crack Down After Ludicrous Futsal Scoreline

How the IPL's Rajasthan Royals Just Dodged a Match-Fixing Bullet

The Cheat Sheet - April 28, 2025 - A Roundup of Sports, Gambling and Crime News

Why Did 19 Venezuelan Baseball Players Claim Asylum in Spain?

The Cheat Sheet - April 17, 2025 - A Roundup of Sports, Gambling and Crime News

Inside Serie A’s Illegal Betting Pyramid Scheme

Match-Fixing Without Bets: India's Caste-Based Corruption

The 2025 Match-Fixing Landscape: What You Need to Know

Real Apodaca - The Tip of Mexico's New Match-Fixing Iceberg

The Cheat Sheet - April 2, 2025 - A Roundup of Sports, Gambling and Crime News

How China’s Sweeping Match-Fixing Crackdown Became a Blueprint—and a Warning—for World Football

Why We Should Be Very Worried About Age Fraud in Football

The Cheat Sheet - March 20, 2025 - A Roundup of Sports, Gambling and Crime News

Coe, Coventry, Samaranch - Will the Next IOC President Care About Sports and Crime?

Porto, PSG, Qatar - Inside Antero Henrique's Millionaire Transfer Deals

Why Norway's Ski Jump Cheating Isn't a One-Off Scandal

Olympian to Kingpin - How Ryan James Wedding Became the FBI's Most Wanted Man

Three Ways Football is Perfect Target for Money Laundering

The Cheat Sheet - A Roundup of Sports, Gambling and Crime News - March 4, 2025

Donald Trump Set to Make Millions from Golf Diplomacy

The Global Fix: How Betting Markets Fuel a Worldwide Yellow Card Epidemic

The Cheat Sheet - A Roundup of Sports, Gambling and Crime News - Feb. 24, 2025

From Chaos to Regulation: Brazil's Rise as a Global Leader in the Betting Industry

Inside a Fixed Friendly - Strange Penalties & Stranger Referees

The Cheat Sheet - Feb. 11, 2025 - A Roundup of Sports, Gambling and Crime News

The Kansas City Chiefs and the Year of Endless Referee Bias Allegations

Who is to Blame in Jannik Sinner's Doping Scandal?

Can the FBI Stop Top US Athletes from Getting Burgled?

The Cheat Sheet - Feb. 3, 2025 - A Roundup of Sports, Gambling and Crime News

The Malta Premier League Makes Curious Choice of Sponsors

Five Warning Signs for Future of Multi-Club Ownership

The Cheat Sheet - Jan 27, 2025 - A Roundup of Sports, Gambling and Crime News

The Portuguese Academy and its Global Football Trafficking Network

The Cheat Sheet - Jan. 20, 2025 - A Roundup of Sports, Gambling and Crime News

Fake Agents Traffic Thousands of Players from Africa a Year - Super-Agent Speaks Out

Ticket Touts Beware - Can UK’s Watered-Down Legislation Stop Ridiculous Match Prices?

In Ecuador, Match-Fixers Have a Simple Tactic. Make Players Obey at Gunpoint

Good Referees are Being Sidelined - Veteran Olympic Referee Sounds the Alarm

Brazil's Balancing Act - Gambling Boom vs. Public Health Crisis