LONDON: A report released by the UK Coventry University’s International Centre for Business of Sport (CIBS) on Thursday revealed that only 3% of proven corruption cases in sport from last 10 years are related to match-fixing.
The CIBS analyzed 2,089 cases and reported that around 96% of the cases were related to doping and 1.5% cases were about the misuse of insider information. Of 57 match-fixing cases that were investigated, 53% took place in Europe and 33% in Asia.
While the spot-fixing trial that saw three Pakistan cricketers jailed is a high-profile example of fixing in cricket, 70% of match-fixing cases occurred in football.
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