FIFA is continuing to lean on Sportradar to ensure the integrity of competition ahead of this year’s World Cup.
On Monday, Sportradar announced that it has extended its integrity services agreement with FIFA for an additional five years. The newly-minted deal runs through 2031 and allows FIFA to continue to leverage the monitoring and investigative services offered by Sportradar.
“The expansion of our integrity agreement with FIFA further strengthens the ability to identify, assess and respond to risks in an increasingly complex global picture,” said Sportradar Executive Vice President of Integrity Services Andreas Krannich. “It underlines both organizations’ commitment to fair and clean sport at all levels globally.”
AGA expects roughly $2B in World Cup betting
FIFA and Sportradar first teamed up in 2017 to ensure the integrity of soccer matches around the world. In 2026, Sportradar will continue to monitor betting activity for competitions hosted by FIFA and its 211 member associations.
FIFA and Sportradar’s integrity services extension deal also includes the deployment of AI to monitor matches.
“Our integrity services are designed to address risk in a joined-up way, combining bet monitoring through our AI-powered Universal Fraud Detection System—built in-house using more than 20 years of historical data—with rapid reporting from betting operators, alongside comprehensive education and prevention programs delivered to sports organizations worldwide,” added Krannich.
FIFA is poised to keep Sportradar busy as the 2026 FIFA World Cup approaches. The nearly 40-day tournament that takes place across North America will kick off on June 11. This year’s expanded World Cup is expected to have a betting handle that surpasses the $1.8 billion Americans wagered on 2022’s iteration of the tournament, according to data provided by the American Gaming Association.
Sportradar’s latest global integrity report
FIFA is using Sportradar’s services after Sportradar monitored over one million events in 2025.
Sportradar used its Universal Fraud Detection System to monitor over 70 sports and collaborated with 300 operator partners to detect 1,116 suspicious games and matches. According to Sportradar’s Integrity in Action 2025: Global Analysis & Trends report, the suspicious activity was detected in 84 countries with 125 total sanctions levied.
The suspicious activity detected by Sportradar in 2025 was up 24% compared to 2024.
Sportradar’s integrity report found that as the world’s most popular sport, soccer posted the most suspicious matches in 2025 at 618. The results were down from 730 games in 2024.
“This reduction signals progress in enforcement and education, though the scale of match-fixing in global soccer remains prevalent,” reads Sportradar’s integrity report.
Basketball followed soccer for the most suspicious matches in 2025 at 233.
FIFA teams up with IC360 for World Cup
In addition to extending its partnership with Sportradar, FIFA bolstered its integrity efforts by adding Integrity Compliance 360 (IC360) to its FIFA World Cup Task Force.
The task force was created to provide safeguards to ensure the integrity of competition for the World Cup and includes tournament organizers, teams and sports betting platforms.
It has a membership that includes Sportradar, the U.S. Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the International Betting Integrity Association.
