Steve Menary
@MenarySteve
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Journalist - sports, integrity, fixing, MCO, illegal betting, unrecognised countries. 2023 IJ4EU Impact winner
Joined May 2020
Great privilege to be among fantastic company as one of 3 winners of the #IJ4EU Impact award for the Devil in the Data project that I worked on with @PhilippeAuclair, @JournoAndy and @jckkrr that was published in @JosimarFotball
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Dafabet is all over English cricket sponsoring streams of games watched in India where betting is illegal. Great work by Nathan Paul Southern and @LindsAKennedy for @JosimarFotball @CrickAcademic
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.
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New. 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 and @HvardMelns
https://t.co/BW5k0SRaFD
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.
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New research. @BegovicMarko and myself have written a new report detailing the growth in offshore gambling regulators and how this can enable match fixing, money laundering and gambling harm. Thanks to @theIFHA and @gambling_harms
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Important new research from @MenarySteve on the increase in relationships between betting companies and leading cricket teams, tournaments & players post-Covid. Have a read below ⬇️⬇️ https://t.co/Khj1fIM28c
playthegame.org
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.
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Cricket is drowning in betting sponsorships 🏏📈 Reporter @MenarySteve maps out the complex landscape of cricket and betting sponsors - many of which are illegal. 👉 https://t.co/mlfMFFh7aw
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New. 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
https://t.co/JuaNCuMYDg
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...
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New. 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 Philippe Auclair https://t.co/1eI0rTSc54
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?
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Preseason friendlies are now an excuse for major clubs to jet around the world looking for new sponsors and fans - for @sportingintel
https://t.co/mO3SSoARrB
@fbandclimate @cooldownnetwork
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Not long ago, Paul Conway was the face of a large group of US/Chinese investors that owned stakes in 7 European football clubs. In 2024, one of those clubs, KV Oostende, went bust. Today is his 39th in a Spanish jail as he fights extradition to Belgium.
nytimes.com
Paul Conway once owned as many as seven clubs around Europe, including League One side Barnsley.
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🚨 New entrants in the #UEFA @ChampionsLeague are at their lowest level in 14 years 📊 Find out more about competitive balance in European club football with the #UEC's UCL Diversity Index 2025/26, created by independent journalist @MenarySteve
https://t.co/rnhmaHgQFx
ueceurope.org
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
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Yet more MCO problems
🚨 BREAKING: There could be another ELIMINATION of a club from the 2025/26 Conference League - QR2! ✍️ UEFA noted this morning: "The participation of 🇸🇰 DAC 1904 and of 🇭🇺 Györi ETO is subject to pending legal proceedings." 🇸🇰 DAC 1904 are backed by Hungarian government!
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New. Declared bankrupt in Curaçao for not paying punters, https://t.co/LA5JSsWXTW, main sponsor of Leicester City FC in the 2024/25 season, moved jurisdiction. But the company behind https://t.co/LA5JSsWXTW does not exist. By @MenarySteve and P Auclair https://t.co/G1j8WWR73g
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.
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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 & préside la commission d'appel qui annule presque toutes les sanctions pour match-fixing Enquête pour @snewsafrica
https://t.co/yFbiIfh3wf
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New. 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, @jackkerr, @MenarySteve, @PhilippeAuclair and @JournoAndy
https://t.co/svSbi4GanQ
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.
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A Fairer Future for Future 15 Workshops 5 Panels 3 Keynote speakers 2 Days 1 Conference 📆 28-29 May 📍 AFC Wimbledon 👇 Get tickets now https://t.co/DRogED9kiw
@MenarySteve @WorldSoccerMag
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So 1xBet is now a ‘member and committed supporter’ of @SIGAlliance ludicrous!
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The rise of untraceable power through MCO in football reshapes the game through: ⚠Complex global ownership webs ⚠Silent investors in rival clubs ⚠Little transparency or oversight Who really owns your club? Read the article 👇 https://t.co/Nu4FwM0GjI
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A hidden web of ownership is entangling football. The latest investigation by @menarysteve shows how multi-club ownership (MCO) conceals control and enables money laundering, match-fixing, tax evasion, and trafficking. https://t.co/nmdlfp3w8R
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⚽️ The multi-club ownership (MCO) model is booming - and breaking. 400 clubs. 147 MCO groups. But behind the numbers: financial collapse, shady investors, sidelined fans. @MenarySteve investigates the cracks in the system for @playthegame_org 🔗
playthegame.org
Multi-club ownership is not necessarily about football. Wealthy individuals and investment firms are buying clubs for business leverage, financial speculation, or elite networking.
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⚽ Clubs are still collapsing. Why? At #FGC25, author & journalist @MenarySteve joins Day Two to unpack the recurring issues behind club failure – and what we must do to fix them. 🗓️ 28–29 May | @AFCWimbledon 🎟️ £150 early bird until 25 April 👉 https://t.co/5kVq0609gi
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