Sentence examples similar to threat of match from inspiring English sources

During his speech he also appealed for the game to confront the growing threat of match-fixing and corruption; a theme Platini holds dear.

The football authorities here were bemused by Europol's sudden announcement, but they and Uefa stress they do take the modern threat of match-fixing seriously.

This gives rise to the threat of match-fixing: if an illegal bookmaker knows what will happen on the field of play he can also reduce his exposure to trading risk.

It begins with those at Under-17 and Under-20 level – the most vulnerable – but if England qualify for the 2014 finals in Brazil it would see the squad being instructed on the threat of match-fixing and given clear guidance that there is a system in place for them to report any approaches or suspicions.

The rapid pace of technological change that has facilitated a global market, huge illegal betting markets in Asia, and the rewards on offer for those tempted to cheat, have combined to make the threat of match-fixing and betting corruption a huge issue for sports governing bodies.

However, betting on football is now a worldwide phenomenon with much of the trading carried out on illegal markets in Asia, where the huge sums wagered bring with it the threat of match-fixing.

The constant threat of violence was matched by a wave of massively disruptive strikes provoked by prime minister Alain Juppé's austerity measures.

The idea that the prime minister was the president's "poodle" strikes him as absurd given that his own will to deal with the threat of Iraq fully matched Mr Bush's.

The threat of a pre-match protest by Villa fans did not materialise but the home side went behind when Fabio Borini prodded in a Jordan Henderson cross.

In 2000 the ICC set up the Anti-Corruption Unit (renamed the Anti-Corruption Unin and Security Unit in 2003) to combat the growing threat of illegal gambling and match fixing.

Borussia Dortmund's courageous pressing in the first 30 minutes had made it a much more uncomfortable evening than Bayern had anticipated; Jürgen Klopp's pre-match threat "of pulling them down to our level" had looked like it may come true.