Corruption is a problem in many sports. In cricket, several prominent players have been banned for life for match fixing, including former South Africa captain Hansie Cronje in 2000, former India captain Muhammad Azharuddin in 2000, and former Pakistan captain Salim Malik in 2000. In football, scandals have involved Turkish side Fenerbache being relegated in 2011 for match fixing, and Italian teams being penalized in 2006 for influencing referee decisions. Anti-corruption efforts face challenges, as some claim international governing bodies like FIFA have been reluctant to fully investigate all allegations.

1. Corruption in Sports
• Corruption is present in every sport

2. Corruption in Sports-Cricket
• Former South Africa captain banned for life
after admitting to match fixing in October
2000
Hansie Cronje

3. Corruption in Sports-Cricket
• Former India captain banned for life for
involvement in match fixing in December 2000
Muhammad Azharuddin

4. Corruption in Sports-Cricket
• Former Pakistan captain banned for life in May 2000
• Alleged to have fixed matches against South Africa, New Zealand and
Zimbabwe
• Australian’s Shane Warne and Mark Waugh claimed to have been offered
bribes to underperform during Australia’s tour of Pakistan
• Team mate Rashid Latif accused him of wrongdoing
Salim Malik

5. Corruption in Sports-Cricket
• Pakistan trio Salman Butt, Muhammad Aamer and
Muhammad Asif banned and imprisoned for
involvement in spot fixing on 3rd November 2011
• Aamer and Asif bowled intentional no-balls in a test
match against England

6. Corruption in Sports-Cricket
• Other famous players banned and punished
for their involvement in match fixing include:
Ajay Jadeja Herschelle Gibbs Marlon Samuels

7. Corruption in Sports-Cricket
• The International Cricket Council(ICC) itself is corrupt
• There have been several claims by top cricket personalities
accusing Australia and India to be at the hub of match fixing
but the ICC never bothered investigating into such claims
• Recently, Australian radio commentator Peter Roebuck was
found dead a few days after he claimed that the recent South
Africa v Australia test match was fixed and he had evidence to
prove it – The ICC has not investigated into his claims
Peter Roebuck

8. Corruption in Sports-Football
• The most recent corruption scandal in football
involves Turkish side, Fenerbache who were
charged for match fixing in June 2011
• Stripped off the Turkish title, relegated to
lower league and team president and other
officials involved arrested

9. Corruption in Sports-Football
• Italian football corruption scandal in 2006
• Teams involved in match fixing and choosing
selected referees who were also involved
• Juventus relegated to Serie B and stripped off
their championship title
• Ac Milan, Fiorentina, Lazio and Reggina fined
and had their points deducted

10. Corruption in Sports-Football
• Banned for life in 2011 after offering up to £627,000
in bribes to members of the Caribbean Football
Union to vote for him in the recent Fifa presidency
campaign in which he stood up against current Fifa
president, Sepp Blatter
Mohamed Bin Hammam

11. Corruption in Sports-Football
• Zimbabwe national team players alleged they were
paid to lose matches in 2009 on their tour to Asia

12. Corruption in Sports-Football
• The 2002 Fifa world cup held in South Korea is called the
world cup of corruption
• South Korea, one of the weakest teams at the World Cup
made it to the semi-finals after a string of poor refereeing
decisions which saw South Korea eliminate heavyweights
Spain, Portugal and Italy en route to the semi final
• There were cries of match fixing and biased refereeing from
the likes of Spain and Italy but in the end there was no
investigation and instead Fifa president, Sepp Blatter put it
down to ‘poor standard of refereeing’

13. Conclusion
• Corruption can be controlled but it can NEVER
be eliminated
• To control it, we MUST change ourselves
instead of blaming the government