Steve Menary
@stevemenary.bsky.social
Journalist - sports integrity, match fixing, illegal betting, multi club ownership, football in unrecognised countries. Joint winner of 2023 IJ4EU Impact Award for investigative journalism
Inplay bets offered on amateur US college soccer by offshore sites but who is making it happen? With @jackkerr.bsky.social, @samindrakunti.bsky.social & @philippeauclair.bsky.social for @socceramerica.bsky.social & @josimarfootball.bsky.social Thanks to the FIJ www.socceramerica.com/illegal-offs...
Illegal offshore betting websites offer wagers on U.S. college soccer games - Soccer America
An investigation into the practice identified dozens of men’s and women’s games during this year's NCAA soccer season available for prop bets
www.socceramerica.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Inplay bets offered on amateur US college soccer by offshore sites but who is making it happen? With @jackkerr.bsky.social, @samindrakunti.bsky.social & @philippeauclair.bsky.social for @socceramerica.bsky.social & @josimarfootball.bsky.social Thanks to the FIJ www.socceramerica.com/illegal-offs...
Dafabet is all over English cricket, sponsoring live streams of games watched in India where betting is largely illegal. Great work by @nathanpaulsouthern.bsky.social and Lindsey Kennedy for
@josimarfootball.bsky.social @cricketacademic.bsky.social josimarfootball.com/2025/10/29/d...
@josimarfootball.bsky.social @cricketacademic.bsky.social josimarfootball.com/2025/10/29/d...
Dirty money - josimarfootball.com
Celtic proudly promotes itself as a football club with a social consciousness. For nine years the club’s main sponsor has been a betting company breaking laws, defrauding customers and wrecking lives.
josimarfootball.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Dafabet is all over English cricket, sponsoring live streams of games watched in India where betting is largely illegal. Great work by @nathanpaulsouthern.bsky.social and Lindsey Kennedy for
@josimarfootball.bsky.social @cricketacademic.bsky.social josimarfootball.com/2025/10/29/d...
@josimarfootball.bsky.social @cricketacademic.bsky.social josimarfootball.com/2025/10/29/d...
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PANEL: Cricket, Gambling and Match-Fixing
29 October 2025
5pm-6pm (London time - GMT)
Chair: @stevemenary.bsky.social
Panelists: Dr Minhyeok Tak – Loughborough University, Anca-Maria Ghergel – Sheffield Hallam University, Will Gunn – Sporting Solutions
Open to all. DM us for the Teams link!
29 October 2025
5pm-6pm (London time - GMT)
Chair: @stevemenary.bsky.social
Panelists: Dr Minhyeok Tak – Loughborough University, Anca-Maria Ghergel – Sheffield Hallam University, Will Gunn – Sporting Solutions
Open to all. DM us for the Teams link!
October 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
PANEL: Cricket, Gambling and Match-Fixing
29 October 2025
5pm-6pm (London time - GMT)
Chair: @stevemenary.bsky.social
Panelists: Dr Minhyeok Tak – Loughborough University, Anca-Maria Ghergel – Sheffield Hallam University, Will Gunn – Sporting Solutions
Open to all. DM us for the Teams link!
29 October 2025
5pm-6pm (London time - GMT)
Chair: @stevemenary.bsky.social
Panelists: Dr Minhyeok Tak – Loughborough University, Anca-Maria Ghergel – Sheffield Hallam University, Will Gunn – Sporting Solutions
Open to all. DM us for the Teams link!
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Thanks to @playthegame-org.bsky.social for this platform and @stevemenary.bsky.social for the write-up!
www.playthegame.org/news/fifa-is...
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"FIFA is so badly governed that all we can do is continue to highlight the rottenness"
From FIFA’s opaque development funding to club-level political interference and the repression of fan expression, panellists at Play the Game detailed how football’s global institutions continue to be...
www.playthegame.org
October 9, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Thanks to @playthegame-org.bsky.social for this platform and @stevemenary.bsky.social for the write-up!
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For months, the Russian army has secretly recruited hundreds, if not thousands, of jobless migrant workers in Qatar to fight on the frontline against Ukraine.
By @samindrakunti.bsky.social and @bobbyperu.bsky.social
josimarfootball.com/2025/09/25/t...
For months, the Russian army has secretly recruited hundreds, if not thousands, of jobless migrant workers in Qatar to fight on the frontline against Ukraine.
By @samindrakunti.bsky.social and @bobbyperu.bsky.social
josimarfootball.com/2025/09/25/t...
The migrant soldiers - josimarfootball.com
For months, the Russian army has secretly recruited hundreds, if not thousands, of jobless migrant workers in Qatar to fight on the frontline against Ukraine.
josimarfootball.com
September 29, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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For months, the Russian army has secretly recruited hundreds, if not thousands, of jobless migrant workers in Qatar to fight on the frontline against Ukraine.
By @samindrakunti.bsky.social and @bobbyperu.bsky.social
josimarfootball.com/2025/09/25/t...
For months, the Russian army has secretly recruited hundreds, if not thousands, of jobless migrant workers in Qatar to fight on the frontline against Ukraine.
By @samindrakunti.bsky.social and @bobbyperu.bsky.social
josimarfootball.com/2025/09/25/t...
@begovicmarko.bsky.social and I teamed up to write this new report on the growth of offshore betting regulators which facilitate illegal betting and match fixing ifhaonline.org/default.asp?...
International Federation of Horseracing Authorities
ifhaonline.org
September 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
@begovicmarko.bsky.social and I teamed up to write this new report on the growth of offshore betting regulators which facilitate illegal betting and match fixing ifhaonline.org/default.asp?...
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Important new research from Steve Menary on the increase in relationships between betting companies and leading cricket teams, tournaments & players post-Covid.
Have a read below ⬇️⬇️
Have a read below ⬇️⬇️
Cricket is being flooded by betting companies targeting South Asia .. where betting is largely illegal. New research showing how big the problem is for @playthegame-org.bsky.social
@cricketacademic.bsky.social www.playthegame.org/news/new-res...
@cricketacademic.bsky.social www.playthegame.org/news/new-res...
New research: Cricket flooded with betting sponsorships after pandemic
Research by Play the Game reveals a surge in betting deals, with 1737confirmed partnerships between betting companies, cricket teams, tournaments, and players in the last two decades.
www.playthegame.org
September 1, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Important new research from Steve Menary on the increase in relationships between betting companies and leading cricket teams, tournaments & players post-Covid.
Have a read below ⬇️⬇️
Have a read below ⬇️⬇️
Cricket is being flooded by betting companies targeting South Asia .. where betting is largely illegal. New research showing how big the problem is for @playthegame-org.bsky.social
@cricketacademic.bsky.social www.playthegame.org/news/new-res...
@cricketacademic.bsky.social www.playthegame.org/news/new-res...
New research: Cricket flooded with betting sponsorships after pandemic
Research by Play the Game reveals a surge in betting deals, with 1737confirmed partnerships between betting companies, cricket teams, tournaments, and players in the last two decades.
www.playthegame.org
August 28, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Cricket is being flooded by betting companies targeting South Asia .. where betting is largely illegal. New research showing how big the problem is for @playthegame-org.bsky.social
@cricketacademic.bsky.social www.playthegame.org/news/new-res...
@cricketacademic.bsky.social www.playthegame.org/news/new-res...
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Money-laundering, scamming, cyber slavery compounds and appalling human rights abuses are no obstacles for Premier League clubs looking for betting partners – or the UK regulator.
By @philippeauclair.bsky.social
josimarfootball.com/2025/07/29/p...
Money-laundering, scamming, cyber slavery compounds and appalling human rights abuses are no obstacles for Premier League clubs looking for betting partners – or the UK regulator.
By @philippeauclair.bsky.social
josimarfootball.com/2025/07/29/p...
Plus ça change - josimarfootball.com
Money-laundering, scamming, cyber slavery compounds and appalling human rights abuses are no obstacles for Premier League clubs looking for betting partners – or the UK regulator.
josimarfootball.com
July 29, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Money-laundering, scamming, cyber slavery compounds and appalling human rights abuses are no obstacles for Premier League clubs looking for betting partners – or the UK regulator.
By @philippeauclair.bsky.social
josimarfootball.com/2025/07/29/p...
Money-laundering, scamming, cyber slavery compounds and appalling human rights abuses are no obstacles for Premier League clubs looking for betting partners – or the UK regulator.
By @philippeauclair.bsky.social
josimarfootball.com/2025/07/29/p...
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Uefa’s integrity partner Sportradar consistently claims that it doesn’t sell data to unlicensed gambling operators. But its annual report states that it generates significant revenue from unlicensed gambling.
By @journoandy.bsky.social
josimarfootball.com/2025/07/22/b...
Uefa’s integrity partner Sportradar consistently claims that it doesn’t sell data to unlicensed gambling operators. But its annual report states that it generates significant revenue from unlicensed gambling.
By @journoandy.bsky.social
josimarfootball.com/2025/07/22/b...
Below the radar - josimarfootball.com
Uefa’s integrity partner Sportradar consistently claims that it doesn’t sell data to unlicensed gambling operators. But its annual report states that it generates significant revenue from unlicensed g...
josimarfootball.com
July 23, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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Uefa’s integrity partner Sportradar consistently claims that it doesn’t sell data to unlicensed gambling operators. But its annual report states that it generates significant revenue from unlicensed gambling.
By @journoandy.bsky.social
josimarfootball.com/2025/07/22/b...
Uefa’s integrity partner Sportradar consistently claims that it doesn’t sell data to unlicensed gambling operators. But its annual report states that it generates significant revenue from unlicensed gambling.
By @journoandy.bsky.social
josimarfootball.com/2025/07/22/b...
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Sportradar always claim to protect the integrity of the game.
In reality, they are the baddies.
Latest with @philippeauclair.bsky.social, @journoandy.bsky.social,
@stevemenary.bsky.social and Jack Kerr.
josimarfootball.com/2025/07/22/b...
In reality, they are the baddies.
Latest with @philippeauclair.bsky.social, @journoandy.bsky.social,
@stevemenary.bsky.social and Jack Kerr.
josimarfootball.com/2025/07/22/b...
Below the radar - josimarfootball.com
Uefa’s integrity partner Sportradar consistently claims that it doesn’t sell data to unlicensed gambling operators. But its annual report states that it generates significant revenue from unlicensed g...
josimarfootball.com
July 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Sportradar always claim to protect the integrity of the game.
In reality, they are the baddies.
Latest with @philippeauclair.bsky.social, @journoandy.bsky.social,
@stevemenary.bsky.social and Jack Kerr.
josimarfootball.com/2025/07/22/b...
In reality, they are the baddies.
Latest with @philippeauclair.bsky.social, @journoandy.bsky.social,
@stevemenary.bsky.social and Jack Kerr.
josimarfootball.com/2025/07/22/b...
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Leicester were set to unveil their kit for the new season last week, but the announcement was postponed. Was it because their new sponsor KBET is a hitherto unknown – and illegal – online bookmaker?
By @philippeauclair.bsky.social
josimarfootball.com/2025/07/21/r...
Leicester were set to unveil their kit for the new season last week, but the announcement was postponed. Was it because their new sponsor KBET is a hitherto unknown – and illegal – online bookmaker?
By @philippeauclair.bsky.social
josimarfootball.com/2025/07/21/r...
Running like a fox - josimarfootball.com
Leicester were set to unveil their kit for the new season last week, but the announcement was postponed. Was it because their new sponsor KBET is a hitherto unknown – and illegal – online bookmaker?
josimarfootball.com
July 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Leicester were set to unveil their kit for the new season last week, but the announcement was postponed. Was it because their new sponsor KBET is a hitherto unknown – and illegal – online bookmaker?
By @philippeauclair.bsky.social
josimarfootball.com/2025/07/21/r...
Leicester were set to unveil their kit for the new season last week, but the announcement was postponed. Was it because their new sponsor KBET is a hitherto unknown – and illegal – online bookmaker?
By @philippeauclair.bsky.social
josimarfootball.com/2025/07/21/r...
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Sanctioned? Fined? Banned? Not a problem if you’re a sports betting company eager to do business. Illegal bookmakers linked to Premier League clubs recently set up stalls at a gambling conference in London.
By @philippeauclair.bsky.social
josimarfootball.com/2025/07/07/b...
Sanctioned? Fined? Banned? Not a problem if you’re a sports betting company eager to do business. Illegal bookmakers linked to Premier League clubs recently set up stalls at a gambling conference in London.
By @philippeauclair.bsky.social
josimarfootball.com/2025/07/07/b...
Banned operators, business as usual - josimarfootball.com
Sanctioned? Fined? Banned? Not a problem if you're a sports betting company eager to do business. Illegal bookmakers linked to Premier League clubs recently set up stalls at a gambling conference in L...
josimarfootball.com
July 7, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Sanctioned? Fined? Banned? Not a problem if you’re a sports betting company eager to do business. Illegal bookmakers linked to Premier League clubs recently set up stalls at a gambling conference in London.
By @philippeauclair.bsky.social
josimarfootball.com/2025/07/07/b...
Sanctioned? Fined? Banned? Not a problem if you’re a sports betting company eager to do business. Illegal bookmakers linked to Premier League clubs recently set up stalls at a gambling conference in London.
By @philippeauclair.bsky.social
josimarfootball.com/2025/07/07/b...
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You may have noticed ‘Flabet’ at the Club World Cup.
Here’s the story of Flamengo’s shirt sponsor.
For @josimarfootball.bsky.social
josimarfootball.com/2025/07/03/f...
Here’s the story of Flamengo’s shirt sponsor.
For @josimarfootball.bsky.social
josimarfootball.com/2025/07/03/f...
Flabet in da house - josimarfootball.com
In an unprecedented move, Flamengo are offering odds on their ‘in-house’ betting platform Flabet and encouraging supporters to gamble on the club’s own matches. Will this be a new trend, elite clubs h...
josimarfootball.com
July 4, 2025 at 8:54 AM
You may have noticed ‘Flabet’ at the Club World Cup.
Here’s the story of Flamengo’s shirt sponsor.
For @josimarfootball.bsky.social
josimarfootball.com/2025/07/03/f...
Here’s the story of Flamengo’s shirt sponsor.
For @josimarfootball.bsky.social
josimarfootball.com/2025/07/03/f...
Preseason friendlies are now an excuse for major clubs to jet around the world looking for new sponsors and fans - for @sportingintel.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/sporting... @cooldownnetwork.bsky.social @fbandclimate.bsky.social
Burning up the planet: the rise-and-rise of long-haul summer friendlies by major clubs
"Pre-season tours in distant locations are a growing problem — for both the planet and exhausted players ... long-haul flights are among the most polluting forms of travel."
open.substack.com
July 3, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Preseason friendlies are now an excuse for major clubs to jet around the world looking for new sponsors and fans - for @sportingintel.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/sporting... @cooldownnetwork.bsky.social @fbandclimate.bsky.social
Just two clubs will make their debut in the UEFA Champions League in 2025/26. The door is neary closed, the Super League almost here … For the Union of European Clubs www.ueceurope.org/post/ucl-div...
UCL Diversity Index 2025/26: new entrants at their lowest level in 14 years - Union of European Clubs - News
Created by independent journalist Steve Menary, the UEC's UCL Diversity Index provides an overview of the state of competitive balance at the top of the European football pyramid
www.ueceurope.org
June 19, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Just two clubs will make their debut in the UEFA Champions League in 2025/26. The door is neary closed, the Super League almost here … For the Union of European Clubs www.ueceurope.org/post/ucl-div...
MCO problems keep on coming: UEFA investigating potential conflict of interest between participation of DAC 1904 from Slovakia and Hungary’s ETO, which is subject to “legal proceedings”
June 18, 2025 at 11:26 AM
MCO problems keep on coming: UEFA investigating potential conflict of interest between participation of DAC 1904 from Slovakia and Hungary’s ETO, which is subject to “legal proceedings”
Two decades ago I started writing this book. Gibraltar & Kosovo made it into FIFA but Greenland’s treatment by football’s governing bodies is a total disgrace. What are these organisations for other than to cosy up to dictators and sell out football? Greenland = The Original Outcasts
June 12, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Two decades ago I started writing this book. Gibraltar & Kosovo made it into FIFA but Greenland’s treatment by football’s governing bodies is a total disgrace. What are these organisations for other than to cosy up to dictators and sell out football? Greenland = The Original Outcasts
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Declared bankrupt in Curaçao for not paying punters, BC.GAME, main sponsor of Leicester City FC in the 2024/25 season, moved jurisdiction. But the company behind BC.GAME does not exist.
By @stevemenary.bsky.social and @philippeauclair.bsky.social
josimarfootball.com/2025/06/10/g...
Declared bankrupt in Curaçao for not paying punters, BC.GAME, main sponsor of Leicester City FC in the 2024/25 season, moved jurisdiction. But the company behind BC.GAME does not exist.
By @stevemenary.bsky.social and @philippeauclair.bsky.social
josimarfootball.com/2025/06/10/g...
Game over? - josimarfootball.com
Declared bankrupt in Curaçao for not paying punters, BC.GAME, main sponsor of Leicester City FC in the 2024/25 season, moved jurisdiction. But the company behind BC.GAME does not exist.
josimarfootball.com
June 10, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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Declared bankrupt in Curaçao for not paying punters, BC.GAME, main sponsor of Leicester City FC in the 2024/25 season, moved jurisdiction. But the company behind BC.GAME does not exist.
By @stevemenary.bsky.social and @philippeauclair.bsky.social
josimarfootball.com/2025/06/10/g...
Declared bankrupt in Curaçao for not paying punters, BC.GAME, main sponsor of Leicester City FC in the 2024/25 season, moved jurisdiction. But the company behind BC.GAME does not exist.
By @stevemenary.bsky.social and @philippeauclair.bsky.social
josimarfootball.com/2025/06/10/g...
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We have one month to save @josimarfootball.bsky.social. If you can help, please do. 🙏
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A letter from Philippe Auclair - josimarfootball.com
The reality we at Josimar face is stark. Should we fail to raise € 50k by 1 July, the world's only investigative media dedicated solely to football will cease to exist.
josimarfootball.com
June 3, 2025 at 12:38 PM
We have one month to save @josimarfootball.bsky.social. If you can help, please do. 🙏
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€173 to fix a match!
Djibouti : une affaire de match truqué fait scandale
Le cousin du président de la fédération ne dispose d'aucune formation juridique mais préside la commission d'appel qui annule presque toutes les sanctions pour match-fixing...
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Le cousin du président de la fédération ne dispose d'aucune formation juridique mais préside la commission d'appel qui annule presque toutes les sanctions pour match-fixing...
sportnewsafrica.com/news-footbal...
sportnewsafrica.com
May 30, 2025 at 6:35 AM
€173 to fix a match!
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Russian gambling operators are offering live betting on Ukrainian football matches – often thanks to data from Uefa’s long-term integrity partner, Sportradar.
By @samindrakunti.bsky.social, @jackkerr.bsky.social, @philippeauclair.bsky.social
josimarfootball.com/2025/05/20/p...
Russian gambling operators are offering live betting on Ukrainian football matches – often thanks to data from Uefa’s long-term integrity partner, Sportradar.
By @samindrakunti.bsky.social, @jackkerr.bsky.social, @philippeauclair.bsky.social
josimarfootball.com/2025/05/20/p...
Playing both sides of the pitch - josimarfootball.com
Russian gambling operators are offering live betting on Ukrainian football matches – often thanks to data from Uefa’s long-term integrity partner, Sportradar.
josimarfootball.com
May 20, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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Russian gambling operators are offering live betting on Ukrainian football matches – often thanks to data from Uefa’s long-term integrity partner, Sportradar.
By @samindrakunti.bsky.social, @jackkerr.bsky.social, @philippeauclair.bsky.social
josimarfootball.com/2025/05/20/p...
Russian gambling operators are offering live betting on Ukrainian football matches – often thanks to data from Uefa’s long-term integrity partner, Sportradar.
By @samindrakunti.bsky.social, @jackkerr.bsky.social, @philippeauclair.bsky.social
josimarfootball.com/2025/05/20/p...