Match-fixing and governance in cricket and football: what is the fix?

Summary Match-fixing/ISLJ. The issue of match-fixing is one of the biggest challenges that the sports industry currently faces. This paper focuses on match-fixing in cricket and football. These sports are traditionally affected by this unfortunate phenomenon. They have been hit hard by scandals duri...

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Published in:The international sports law journal 2014-06, Vol.14 (1-2), p.82-114
Main Author: Veuthey, Alexandra
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
European Law
International Sports Law
Law
Law and Criminology
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Summary:Summary Match-fixing/ISLJ. The issue of match-fixing is one of the biggest challenges that the sports industry currently faces. This paper focuses on match-fixing in cricket and football. These sports are traditionally affected by this unfortunate phenomenon. They have been hit hard by scandals during the last couple of decades. Their governing bodies have also been the first ones to react and try to find solutions. In this context, the author argues that even if the cricket and football governing bodies still have room for improvement in the fight against match-fixing, the mechanisms they have set up could be used, to a certain extent, by other sports federations as guidance. Further, she particularly insists on the necessity of an external support for sports organisations. This could be made through the implementation of a world integrity sports body, involving actors of the private and public sector, as well as, more generally, an increased intervention of public authorities to supplement initiatives set up by sports organisations.
ISSN:1567-7559
1567-7559
DOI:10.1007/s40318-014-0038-4