Sportradar used AI technology to help identify 1,116 suspicious sports events in 2025, representing a 1% decline from 2024.
Sportradar identified 1,116 suspicious sports events in 2025, representing a 1% decline from 2024.
The sports data and technology business monitored more than 1 million events across 70 sports worldwide during the year, with 99.5% of those events considered free from suspicion.
The business argued these figures highlight the continued effectiveness of integrity measures carried out across the international sports ecosystem.
Of the total suspicious matches – detected across 12 sports in 94 countries – 385 were flagged in Europe, down by 66 compared to 2024. A further 351 were flagged in Asia, 183 in South America, 113 in Africa and 84 in North and Central America.
The figures showed a notable decline in suspicious matches in South America, where 64 fewer events were flagged than in 2024, while Africa, North and Central America, and Asia, all saw increased incidences of suspicious events.
The vast majority of suspicious matches, 1,081, were flagged in men’s sports, with just 35 flagged in women’s sports.
Football continued to be the most-flagged sport, with 618 suspicious matches identified during the year, down from 730.
Basketball saw a further 233 suspicious matches flagged amid an increase from 187 in the prior year.
Tennis accounted for 78 alerts, up from 69, while table tennis (65), cricket (59), esports (34) and volleyball (18) also saw relatively significant numbers of suspicious events.
Three events were flagged in both badminton and handball, two in beach volleyball and futsal, and one in MMA.
Suspicious activity remains low globally
The frequency of suspicious matches overall remained low at a global level, with just 0.14% of all sport matches being flagged as suspicious.
However, Sportradar argued that “while most competitions remain clean, global match-fixing is becoming less centralised but more complex.
“Improved enforcement and education are reducing incidents in established markets, while new patterns are exposed in emerging ones,” said the company in a press release. “Maintaining this momentum will require coordinated international vigilance and innovation across all stakeholders and sports.”
One key development between 2024 and 2025 was the increased rollout of AI-powered technology for flagging suspicious matches.
Sportradar’s AI-powered Universal Fraud Detection System flagged 56% more matches in 2025 than 2024, as real-time analysis of extensive betting datasets was able to uncover irregular patterns that would not be detectable through traditional methods.
Andreas Krannich (pictured), executive vice president of Integrity Services at Sportradar, said: “The relative stabilisation of suspicious match numbers in 2025 is encouraging, yet it reinforces the importance of continued vigilance.
“Match-fixing remains an evolving threat, and sustained investment in technology, intelligence, education, and collaboration is essential to staying ahead of those seeking to corrupt sport.”