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Someday in the not-too-distant future, friends may huddle around a screen to watch “League of Legends” instead of football on a Sunday afternoon, according to a report released Monday.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Roger Federer has heard enough speculation about match-fixing in tennis. If players are suspected of corruption, he wants names. Federer was responding to reports by BBC and BuzzFeed News that tennis authorities have suppressed evidence of match-fixing and overlooked suspected cases involving players ranked in the top 50, including Grand Slam singles and doubles winners. The reports said that none of these players had faced sanctions…

MELBOURNE – Scott Ferguson, once the head of education at Betfair, consults on the subject of sports gambling and runs the website Sports is Made for Betting. We checked in with Ferguson on Monday, after the first day of the 2016 Australian Open was overshadowed by the BBC/Buzzfeed match-fixing report. Jon Wertheim: To what extent are you surprised by the contents of the report? Scott Ferguson: Very little. There have…

Tennis this week joined the roster of major sports being played under the shadow of corruption allegations. So where should the ethical sports lover turn? Are there any “clean” sports left? Let’s try to find one … Curling It is hard to believe, but curling is a sport awash with allegations of cheating. Players have occasionally been upbraided for giving a stone a nudge with their foot, but the real…

The All England Club was moved to contact its members on Monday in an attempt to reassure them after the sport’s leaders strenuously denied suppressing evidence of corruption supplied to them by independent investigators and betting watchdogs. Those watchdogs have recorded an exponential growth in suspicious activity around tennis in recent years, despite the game accounting for only a fraction of the sports- betting market. A trio of reports by…

Tennis this week joined the roster of major sports being played under the shadow of corruption allegations. So where should the ethical sports lover turn? Are there any “clean” sports left? Let’s try to find one … Curling It is hard to believe, but curling is a sport awash with allegations of cheating. Players have occasionally been upbraided for giving a stone a nudge with their foot, but the real…

Media playback is not supported on this device Tennis match-fixing: Djokovic, Federer & others on allegations Novak Djokovic says match-fixing is not prevalent at the top level of tennis, as allegations of corruption overshadow the start of the Australian Open. The world number one, who claims he rejected £110,000 to lose a match early in his career, says there is “no real proof” of fixing among the elite. “It’s just…

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Swansea City have appointed former Udinese manager Francesco Guidolin as their new head coach. The Italian will have the final say on selection while working alongside Alan Curtis until the end of the season. Swansea, who sacked Garry Monk last month, are 18th in the Premier League ahead of Monday’s game with Watford. Guidolin, 60, will be at the Liberty Stadium for…

On a day of extended drama and fevered speculation, Novak Djokovic spoke in depth for the first time about being offered $200,000 (£140,000) to fix a match 10 years ago and Roger Federer, the game’s most venerated player, called the latest allegations, to be aired on the BBC on Tuesday night, “far-fetched”. Djokovic and Serena Williams, the top-ranked players in the men’s and women’s game, were adamant there was no…

Secret files exposing evidence of widespread suspected match-fixing at the top level of world tennis, including at Wimbledon, can be revealed by the BBC and BuzzFeed News. Over the last decade, 16 players who have ranked in the top 50 have been repeatedly flagged to the Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) over suspicions they have thrown matches. All of the players, including winners of Grand Slam titles, were allowed to continue…

The cache of documents passed to the BBC and Buzzfeed News include the findings of an investigation set up in 2007 by the ATP Secret files exposing evidence of widespread suspected match fixing at the top level of world tennis, including at Wimbledon, can be revealed by the BBC and BuzzFeed News. Over the last decade 16 players who have ranked in the top 50 have been repeatedly flagged to…

Sports Authority, the U.S. sporting goods retailer with more than 450 stores, told Reuters on Friday it would miss a key debt interest payment, a decision that could move it closer to bankruptcy. The woes of Englewood, Colorado-based Sports Authority, owned by private equity firm Leonard Green & Partners LP, underscore the fierce competition retailers face from industry giants Wal-Mart Stores Inc and Amazon.com Inc. “Although Sports Authority currently has…

Swansea City are set to appoint former Udinese manager Francesco Guidolin as their new head coach. BBC Wales Sport understands the Italian will work alongside Alan Curtis until the end of the season. Guidolin, 60, has previously managed several clubs in Italy, including Palermo and Parma, as well as French league side Monaco. Swansea, who sacked Garry Monk on 9 December, currently…

DENVER (AP) — Get ready for Brady-Manning XVII. Peyton Manning earned one more and possibly final game against his rival by leading the Denver Broncos to a come-from-behind 23-16 win over Ben Roethlisberger and the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday. That set up an AFC championship game next weekend in Denver against Tom Brady and the defending Super Bowl champion New England Patriots (13-4). Manning and Brady have squared off 16 times…

DENVER (CBS4)– Demaryius Thomas’s mom is sporting her son’s jersey at Sunday’s AFC Divisional Playoff game in Denver. It’s the first time Katina Smith has seen her son play professional football. Smith and Thomas were pictured together on Sunday morning as he was getting ready for the Steelers-Broncos matchup at Sports Authority at Mile High. Smith watched from a suite as Thomas hit the field to warm up before the…

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