Sportradar reports a 1% reduction in suspicious match identification by 2025

February 12 – Match fixing is a scourge in the world of sport. It is difficult to detect, and is always changing in shape and scope. However, according to Sportradar, the alleged practice is decreasing.

The annual Integrity in Action report published by the integrity company shows that global efforts to reduce manipulation in all sports are starting to succeed.

After monitoring more than one million sporting events across 70 sports last year, Sportradar identified 1,116 suspicious matches. Even though it’s only down 1% from the previous year, any decline is worth appreciating. More than 99.5 percent of events are marked as clean events.

Europe tops the list of suspicious activity, but numbers are falling, with 66 fewer cases than the previous year. South America followed a similar path, recording 64 fewer alerts. In other regions, Asia, Africa, and North and Central America experienced slight increases.

Football remains the sport most exposed to bad actors. Of the suspicious matches identified in 2025, 618 matches came from football, followed by basketball with 233 matches.

Technology has been at the forefront of identifying trends. A key driver in 2025 will be Sportradar’s AI-powered Universal Fraud Detection System. By analyzing betting data in real-time, the system flagged 56 percent more suspicious matches through AI analysis compared to the previous year in a battle between algorithms and sophisticated problem solvers.

In 2025, Sportradar supports 125 sports sanctions across seven sports and six continents, bringing its all-time total to surpass 1,000 sanctions. Educating participants remains the key to eradication. More than 34,000 athletes, officials and administrators took part in integrity programs last year, a 25 percent increase compared to 2024.

“The relative stabilization of the number of suspicious matches in 2025 is encouraging, but it reinforces the importance of continued vigilance,” said Andreas Krannich, Executive Vice President of Sportradar Integrity Services. “Match fixing remains a growing threat, and continued investment in technology, intelligence, education and collaboration is critical.”

That vigilance will be put to the test again in 2026. The calendar is packed with global events, and while the dwindling numbers indicate progress, the global sporting calendar never allows for a break.

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