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2009 European football match-fixing scandal; 2011 Turkish sports corruption scandal – in July 2011, as part of a major match-fixing investigation by authorities in Turkey, nearly 60 people suspected to be involved with fixing games were detained by Istanbul Police Department Organized Crime Control Bureau and then arrested by the court. In ...
Sports can be a source of joy that brings people together, but it is not free from controversy. Here is a look at the biggest sports scandals of all-time. 20 biggest sports scandals of all time
Injustice. The list goes on and on. The human nature of the athletes involved opens sports up to the constant possibility of controversy." type="spreadWord"% Some scandals are driven by financial ...
Concussions in high school sports; Concussions in sport; Victor Conte; Controversies related to 2013 disqualification of Polish 4x400 m relay in Gothenburg; Geo Cronjé; Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks supplements saga
1980 Italian football scandal ("Totonero"): In May 1980, the largest match fixing scandal in the history of Italian football was uncovered by Italian Guardia di Finanza, after the spalling of two Roman shopkeepers, Alvaro Trinca and Massimo Cruciani, who declared that some Italian football players sold the football-matches for money ...
From intentionally throwing games to using performance-enhancing drugs, here are some of the biggest scandals in U.S. sports history.
The Olympic Games is a major international multi-sport event. During its history, both the Summer and Winter Games have been the subject of scandals, controversies and incidents. Cheating, such as the use of performance enhancing drugs by athletes, has regularly affected the Olympic Games.
Cairns was accused of attempting to fix matches for financial gain, though the details of the exact amounts involved were never fully revealed, and just after the sport had started to recover from ...