(in sport) the action or practice of dishonestly determining the outcome of a match before it is played.
he was suspended for five years after being found guilty of match-fixing
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India yesterday denied that South African authorities had been kept in the dark about the match-fixing allegations.
This found the first authenticated case of football match-fixing - and it resulted in the suspension of eight players.
Brazilian refereeing chief Armando Marques resigned yesterday, almost a week after the country was stunned by an alleged match-fixing scandal involving two senior referees.
The star batsman, who is banned for life for alleged match fixing, is here in a different role as a media representative in the ongoing Asia Cup.
He confessed to being "not entirely honest" with the cricket board over match-fixing allegations.
He was cleared of match-fixing allegations following two trials in Winchester in 1997.
To be sure, for all the rumor and threadbare analyses of plays, hard irrefutable proof of match fixing would be difficult to produce in any event.
The Football League was barely 10 years old when the first match-fixing scandal erupted.
The first uproar over match fixing happened in 1817.
Turkey, Italy, the Czech Republic, Finland, Austria and Greece have all either suffered soccer match-fixing scandals or come under suspicion this year.
In both cases, allegations of match-fixing were ruled out.
The success comes against the backdrop of the match-fixing crisis that has gripped Italian domestic football.
There have been a dozen different captains and coaches since 1995, when the match-fixing scandal broke out.
A subsequent Fifa investigation found no evidence of match-fixing.
In 1985-86, the domestic FA ordered the final round of league fixtures to be replayed amid accusations of match-fixing.
Rumours and match-fixing allegations added to the home team's pressure.
South African police on Thursday arrested four more football referees in connection with match-fixing in the sport.
Juventus are at the centre of a match-fixing crisis that could yet prove to be the biggest post-war scandal in European football.
India had been rocked by the match-fixing episode and the team was rudderless.
At present, he is fighting a legal battle over a life ban imposed on him by Indian cricket authorities for his alleged involvement in match-fixing.