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Four college basketball players have been banned for life by the NCAA for match-fixing.

The four players helped make sure that Alabama State didn't cover the spread in their 5 Dec 2024 match against Southern Mississippi.

It's being reported that the bribe was $2k per player.

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UEFA has barred the Azerbaijani club Turan Tovuz from participating in next season's Conference League due to prior involvement in fixed matches.

Seven Turan Tovuz players were given lifetime bans for match-fixing in 2019.

The club will appeal to CAS.

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Update from Uganda:

Buhimba United players Fred Nkata, Moses Ayebale, and Ramadhan Dudu were given bans of 2-5 years by the Ugandan FA.

Club official James Kalumba and former player Ali Feni were both given lifetime bans.

The 8 Nov 2025 match against Lugazi FC was fixed.

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In Uganda, three players from Premier League club Buhimba United Saints have been suspended by the FA.

They are accused of fixing their team's 8 Nov 2025 match against Lugazi, which they lost 5-2.

The three players are Fred Nkata, Moses Ayebale, and Dudu Ramathan.

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@NXTLVLVIP Bet365 😂😂

Those 2024 matches were listed as part of the reason for the lifetime bans for these two players specifically. The two players left after 2024 I think.

There could well be a heap of other fixed matches from this team that haven’t been made public.

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Two Ukrainian basketball players have been banned for life for match-fixing at Asian clubs.

Oleksandr Kolchenko and Sergey Priymak fixed matches at Adroit Club in Singapore, including at least two Asian Champions League matches in May 2025.

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CONMEBOL is investigating suspected spot-fixing in the Copa Libertadores match Independiente Rivadavia vs Fluminense played on 6 May 2026.

Suspicious bets were reported for Independiente Rivadavia player Tomás Bottari to receive a yellow card in the match.

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@Fenomeno_EU Oh my god

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China has now punished more than ten football clubs and more than 100 individuals since starting a large scale anti match-fixing investigation last year.

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In China, more match-fixing sanctions were announced. Meizhou Hakka have been given a six point deduction.

A further 17 people have been given lifetime bans from football including the former managers of Meizhou Hakka, Shenzhen FC, and Inner Mongolia Zhongyou.

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Chinese women’s basketball team Inner Mongolia Nongxin has been banned from participating in the CWBA for 3 years for match-fixing and bribery offences.

Ex-GM Guo Jiajie and player Zou Qijia were banned for life. Other club officials were also suspended.

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Four tennis players banned for match-fixing:

Jasel Beltre, 20 years for fixing 9 matches

Lu Pengyu, six years for fixing 3 matches and destroying evidence

Angel Maleno Rosario, three years for fixing a double match

Jossting Cruz, two years for attempting to fix two matches

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In Panama, Sporting San Miguelito goalkeeper Jose Calderon has now been provisionally suspended for six months while he is investigated for match-fixing.

The allegations stem from the 2 May match against Alianza where he scored an “unusual” last minute own goal.

[Fernando Esquivel @fer_esquivel22]

Sucedió en Panamá.

En el duelo entre Alianza FC vs Sporting San Miguelito, jugada sobre los 90' y partido empatado; el Portero José Calderón hace esto y 3-2.

Ex mundialista y figura, ahora señalado por apuestas deportivas.

¿AMAÑO?

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Darts player Danny Baggish has been provisionally suspended while he is investigated for fixing matches in the Modus Super Series.

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In Hong Kong, a court has convicted two football players and a "betting agent" of fixing matches in the 2021-23 period.

Brian Fok Bun-yan organised fixed matches while playing at Happy Valley FC and Luciano da Silva did the same at Central & Western.

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A match from the qualifying rounds of the 2025/26 Asian Women's Champions League was fixed.

Mongolian team Khovd Western lost 6-1 to Philippines team Stallion Laguna on 25 Aug 2025. A player and a club official from the Mongolian team have been given multi-year bans by the AFC.

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The Fenerbahce captain Mert Hakan Yandas has been given a one year ban by the Turkish FA for match-fixing offences.

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In Greece, suspicious match reports were sent to the FA for four more Super League 2 matches:

19 Oct 2025: PAS Giannina 3-0 Kampaniakos

6 Dec 2025: Kampaniakos 0-3 Anagennisi Karditsa

15 Feb 2026: Ilioupoli 1-0 Panargiakos

29 Mar 2026: Ilioupoli 0-2 Kallithea

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In Italy, the Serie A head of referees Gianluca Rocchi has resigned after being placed under criminal investigation for interfering with VAR decisions and referee selection in the 2024/25 season.

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In Brazil, Sportradar has reported that the number of fixed matches it detected has declined 80% from 150 in 2022 to around 30 projected for 2026.