Football – Tom Harris

Sportradar’s Match-Fixing Detector Picks Up 1,100 Alerts In Just 18 Months

If you ever doubted that high-level sport was rigged or the victim of fraud, think again. That’s the message emanating from Sportradar, the key body for preserving integrity in sport, …

Tom October 15, 2021

Accusations of Match-Fixing in Dutch Football Emerge….Just as Online Betting Becomes Legal

It was a momentous day for sports betting in Europe this past week when the Netherlands became the latest country to launch a regulated online market. It became legal to …

Tom October 8, 2021

Is It Time for Football to Admit That It Has a Gambling Problem?

The findings of the government’s consultation into the Gambling Act will be released later this year, and they will certainly make for interesting reading. All manner of recommendations will be …

Tom August 9, 2021

Football Marred By Insider Trading Allegations and Increase in Problem Gambling

Following an assured showing in England’s 2-1 win over Belgium in the UEFA Nations League, Kieran Trippier presumably assumed he would be a shoe-in for selection for the game against …

Tom October 15, 2020

Computer Says No: How Do VAR and Hawk-Eye Decision in Football Affect Betting?

Ah football….it’s like you’ve never been away! Less than 45 minutes into the Premier League’s resumption following the coronavirus hiatus, video technology controversy was on the agenda once again. This …

Tom June 18, 2020

Why Do Footballers Continue to Break Lockdown Rules?

A football manager is, by definition, a leader of men or women, an individual who can be trusted to do the right thing and make big decisions rationally and clinically. …

Tom May 15, 2020

Category: Football