Germany: the DFL extends its partnership with Sportradar to combat match fixing for the next 2 years

The DFL has extended its partnership with Sportradar Integrity Services, belonging to Sportradar AG, a Swiss company which specialises in the monitoring of sports betting and the provision of sports data, in order to combat match fixing "in connection with sports betting" and covering "all of the DFL's competitive matches for the next two years," announced the Deutsche Fußball Liga on 01/08/2019.

As part of the agreement, "Sportradar uses its Fraud Detection System (FDS) recognised in several CAS procedures which entails systematic and continuous monitoring, detection, documentation and tracking of betting manipulation in the global betting market. This system has also been used by UEFA, AFC and FIFA for several years. In addition to monitoring the betting market, Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 clubs have received training on the prevention of match fixing since the 2018-19 season," said the German League.

"The partnership, which was initially established in 2005, covers all Bundesliga and 2.Bundesliga matches, the relegation play-offs between the Bundesliga and 2.Bundesliga and…