Match-fixing

China issues 73 life bans, punishes top football clubs for match-fixing

Under Chinese President Xi Jinping, an anti-corruption crackdown has swept through Chinese football in recent years.

Siglap withdraw from National Basketball League Div 1 final against Eng Tat Hornets

Adroit HB (in white) playing Siglap Basketball Club in a National Basketball League Division 1 semi-final clash on Aug 27, 2025. Adroit won 67-52, but were later disqualified for fielding two players under investigation for match-fixing.

French player Folliot suspended for 20 years over match-fixing

Singapore basketball body to hold election and Div 1 final in January

ST20211102_202112064811 Kua Chee Siong/ pixgeneric/ Generic pix of a boy playing basketball alone in a basketball court in Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10 on 2 Nov 2021.

‘Kelong king’ Wilson Raj convicted of human smuggling in Hungary; fugitive fled S’pore in 2010

zyfix23: Singapore convicted match fixer and fugitive Wilson Raj Perumal was convicted of human smuggling in Hungary in May 2025. Wilson Raj, 60, is appealing an 11-year sentence the courts had meted out for his conviction.
Singaporean fugitive and convicted match fugitive Wilson Raj Perumal poses with with his two children in an old photograph taken in Hungary. A decade ago, when he was arrested in Finland in 2011, he made headlines after revealing to the investigators that he was part of a football match fixing syndicate with Balkan links, allegedly led by Singaporean businessman Dan Tan Seet Eng. Today, Wilson Raj is still making headlines with other types of crimes he is allegedly responsible for.

US batter Reddy suspended by ICC, charged with anti-corruption breaches

Texas Cheat ’em? How mob lured high rollers into poker trap with former NBA players

Portland Trailblazers head coach Chauncey Billups exits the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse after his arraignment on October 23, 2025 in Portland, Oregon.

Goals, guns and narcos: Hitmen plague Ecuador's beautiful game

Midfielder Jonathan Gonzalez of Ecuador's Independiente del Valle, vies for the ball with defender Emmanuel Mas of Argentina's San Lorenzo during their Libertadores Cup Group 2 football match at Pedro Bidegain stadium in Buenos Aires.

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NBL finalists Adroit disqualified after fielding suspended players in semi-final win

Adroit (in white) playing Siglap in their semi-final clash. Adroit won 67-52.

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