Sportradar and the Paraná Football Federation expanded their online education programme to prevent match-fixing in 2025. The partners said 5,500 athletes and sports professionals in Paraná had completed the training, which covers integrity, betting markets and the consequences of match-fixing.
The expanded programme provides integrity training to people involved in football in Paraná.
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Brazil’s government plans to expand education for athletes about betting and match manipulation, national secretary Giovanni Rocco said at a seminar in São Paulo on 22 June. The proposed work would focus particularly on younger athletes and complement enforcement measures. Rocco also advocated a task force with sports federations to guide athletes and their families and strengthen restrictions on competition participants’ betting activity.
Brazil signed the Macolin Convention, according to the report. The treaty is described as expanding cooperation among countries to prevent competition fraud and protect sport integrity.
The treaty widens collaboration among states to stop competition fraud and to reinforce the integrity of sport.
The National Basketball League and Sportradar have partnered on a workshop for athletes aimed at combating match-fixing in Brazilian basketball, according to the report.
A training workshop for athletes and coaching staff members of the NBB Caixa has been set up by the National Basketball League (LNB) together with Sportradar, with the aim of combating match-fixing.
IBIA warned that prohibiting betting in Brazil could encourage illegal gambling and match-fixing. The report described Brazil’s regulated market as less than two years old.
Reportedly, Brazil's Federal Police has established DRAME, a unit investigating illegal betting and manipulation of sporting contests. The division sits within CGLA, which handles money laundering investigations and asset recovery.