Football

The gambling scandal engulfing Turkish football took a new twist this week when 102 professional players were banned over ‘betting related activities’. Of that group, 25 ply their trade in the Super Lig; the top tier of Turkish football in which giants such as Galatasaray, Besiktas and Fenerbahce compete. Indeed, two players from Galatasaray – […]

After being cleared of four counts of match fixing back in July, Lucas Paqueta is considering suing the Football Association over his two-year ordeal. The Brazilian’s legal team is ‘considering all options’, after the FA’s investigation – which began as far back as August 2023 – ultimately came to nothing. And it has also been […]

As the new Premier League season gets underway this weekend, once again more than half of the clubs involved will have a gambling firm as their main shirt sponsor. At the time of writing, Chelsea were yet to unveil their sponsorship deal for the 2025/26 campaign. But of the other 19 Premier League clubs, eleven […]

Almost two years to the day since the Football Association opened an investigation into alleged spot fixing, West Ham ace Lucas Paqueta has been cleared of all charges. At the culmination of the FA inquiry, the Brazilian was charged with two counts of impropriety, with investigators alleging that he had been deliberately booked in as […]

A club that formerly competed in the UEFA Conference League has been banned from all European competitions for a decade after being charged with serious match fixing offences. FK Arsenal Tivat, who play their domestic football in Montenegro, were sanctioned after suspicious betting patterns were reported during their Conference League qualifier against Armenian outfit Alashkert […]