Sports Integrity: Betting And Corruption – Annual Review 2022/23
Welcome to the Sports Integrity section of the LawInSport Annual Review 2022/23. As in previous years, the aim of this Chapter is to identify and review some of the notable cases and events in 2022 and to discuss what trends might be drawn from them and what lies ahead.
This year, Louis Weston has been assisted with both the research, writing (and comedy) by Sam Cuthbert.
So as memories of the empty stadiums caused by COVID 19 have faded, the sporting calendar has found its feet once more. Like night follows day, with more professional sport has come more corruption, match manipulation and the detection and prosecution of cases left hovering by inability to travel and interview. All that backed up not just by our review but by the publications of amongst others Sportradar who found the year ending 2021 to have had the largest number ever of suspicious matches (over 900) across 76 countries but with more than 50% of which were in football and the bulk of which in Europe1.
This article divides organically into three parts:
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First a discussion of high-level corruption in sport and whether 2022 was the start of accountability for that corruption.
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Second, the match manipulation/betting allegations which have dominated sporting headlines.
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Third, the anti-doping cases, both human and equine.
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Written by
Louis Weston
Barrister, Outer Temple Chambers
Louis is a Barrister practising from chambers at Outer Temple. He is expert in corruption and misfeasance in sport.
Samuel Cuthbert
Samuel is a Barrister practising from chambers at 4 New Square Chambers. Samuel is described by Legal 500 as “a real star of the future” in sports law. Samuel regularly acts on behalf of athletes, clubs, and national governing bodies. Samuel is instructed in CAS proceedings, rule K arbitrations, and sporting appeals. Notably Samuel has appeared in front of FA Appeal Boards, and FIBA Appeal Boards. He is currently instructed in several ongoing anti-doping prosecutions, financial regulatory disputes, and a number of high-profile safeguarding matters before arbitral panels and in the High Court. Samuel recently acted in High Court proceedings following the transfer of Emiliano Sala, and was also counsel for the National League in Southend FC’s appeal against the imposition of a £1m bond. Samuel is currently representing an international football player in relation to betting charges. Samuel’s commercial and sports practices frequently overlap and he is often instructed to advise sports clients, including both clubs and players in the premier league, in relation to commercial disputes.
His practice encompasses sports regulation, betting, safeguarding, disciplinary cases, anti-doping cases, and commercial sports matters. Samuel regularly appears in CAS proceedings, rule K arbitrations, and sporting appeals. Samuel is also instructed in sports related inquests, and is also experienced in litigating head injuries in sport. Samuel is currently instructed in High Court proceedings on behalf of a major football club in a multi million pound dispute with its key sponsor, and has previously acted in arbitrations born out of similar facts. He recently appeared before the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Appeal Board in a matter for which the underlying claim was worth £5,000,000.
