Spanish-licensed bookmaker Kirolbet has added Basque football side Real Socieadad to its growing list of sponsorship scalps.

On Friday, Kirolbet had signed on as the official betting sponsor of La Liga side Real Sociedead. Terms weren’t disclosed, but the deal offers Kirolbet numerous branding opportunities both at the club’s Anoeta home ground as well as via the team’s digital channels. The deal covers the current season and the following year’s campaign.

The deal marks the third Basque club in La Liga’s first division with which Kirolbet has a partnership, joining Athletic Bilbao and Elbar SD. Kirolbet also has a significant presence in the second division as the official betting partner of CA Osasuna, UG Logrones and Coruxo FC.

Kirolbet managing director Eñaut Ruiz called Real Sociedad “the perfect travel companion” for expanding his company’s public profile, while marketing director Benardo Elorz added that the bookie and the footie have a “common and ambitious philosophy.” But team director Jesus Ruiz one-upped the bookies in the wit sweepstakes by claiming that the companies were “a safe bet” to grow together.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is keeping a close watch on its players, even from a continent away.

The Indian cricket team, led by Mahendra Singh Dhoni, was in Australia over the weekend to play the One Day International against the Aussie team. And to—possibly—boost the team’s morale, the BCCI announced the team that they are banned from visiting casinos while they’re in the country, One India reported.

The unprecedented instruction was relayed to the team during their bus ride from Brisbane to Melbourne, where the tournament was held.

According to The Sunday Express, BCCI President Shashank Manohar and Secretary Anurag Thakur were worried that the cricket players would meet the “wrong people,” or be seen at a place not suitable for a national player, especially since the team is staying in five-star hotel in Melbourne that houses one of the country’s most famous casinos.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is keeping a close watch on its players, even from a continent away.

The Indian cricket team, led by Mahendra Singh Dhoni, was in Australia over the weekend to play the One Day International against the Aussie team. And to—possibly—boost the team’s morale, the BCCI announced the team that they are banned from visiting casinos while they’re in the country, One India reported.

The unprecedented instruction was relayed to the team during their bus ride from Brisbane to Melbourne, where the tournament was held.

According to The Sunday Express, BCCI President Shashank Manohar and Secretary Anurag Thakur were worried that the cricket players would meet the “wrong people,” or be seen at a place not suitable for a national player, especially since the team is staying in five-star hotel in Melbourne that houses one of the country’s most famous casinos.

Secret files showing that international crime syndicates have organized match fixing at the top level of world tennis have come out in the Australian Open.

A joint investigation by the BBC and BuzzFeed News has found that more than 70 players appeared on nine leaked lists of suspected fixers, in which 16 players ranked in the world top 50 including Grand Slam champions and doubles winners at Wimbledon.

According to reports, which was published as the first major of the 2016 Grand Slam—the Australian Open—kicks off Monday; players are being approached in hotels and offered $50,000 (AUD73,100) or more to fix their matches. Gambling syndicates in Russia, Italy and Sicily have made “hundreds of thousands” of British pounds betting on the scores of matches right up to the top level, including Wimbledon and the French Open.

The leaked files came from the 2008 probe, which was triggered by a match in Poland in August 2007 between Russia’s Nikolay Davydenko and Argentine player Martin Vassallo Arguello. The game attracted millions of dollars’ worth of highly suspicious bets from Russian-based accounts. It also showed that Arguello exchanged 82 text messages with the suspected ringleader of an Italian gambling syndicate.

Secret files showing that international crime syndicates have organized match fixing at the top level of world tennis have come out in the Australian Open.

A joint investigation by the BBC and BuzzFeed News has found that more than 70 players appeared on nine leaked lists of suspected fixers, in which 16 players ranked in the world top 50 including Grand Slam champions and doubles winners at Wimbledon.

According to reports, which was published as the first major of the 2016 Grand Slam—the Australian Open—kicks off Monday; players are being approached in hotels and offered $50,000 (AUD73,100) or more to fix their matches. Gambling syndicates in Russia, Italy and Sicily have made “hundreds of thousands” of British pounds betting on the scores of matches right up to the top level, including Wimbledon and the French Open.

The leaked files came from the 2008 probe, which was triggered by a match in Poland in August 2007 between Russia’s Nikolay Davydenko and Argentine player Martin Vassallo Arguello. The game attracted millions of dollars’ worth of highly suspicious bets from Russian-based accounts. It also showed that Arguello exchanged 82 text messages with the suspected ringleader of an Italian gambling syndicate.

Week 22 of the Premier League saw Arsenal and Leicester held to draws allowing Man City to move to one point from the top with two tough home games against Leicester and Spurs on the horizon.

Arsenal drew away at Stoke. Leicester scraped a point against the already doomed Aston Villa. Man City stuck a nuclear warhead up the ass of Crystal Palace and blew them to smithereens.

Manuel Pellegrini’s side is now one point behind Arsenal and Leicester. They are even money for the title. They know how to win it. They have world class performers like David Silva and Sergio Aguero banging the ball into the back of the net.

City’s opponent’s, Crystal Palace, has been one of the Premier League’s most refreshing sides. At times, they have motored. Especially, their forward line. However, the wheels have come off recently. Alan Pardew’s men have failed to score in the last five games. They have conceded eight. They even lost to Aston Villa.

Week 22 of the Premier League saw Arsenal and Leicester held to draws allowing Man City to move to one point from the top with two tough home games against Leicester and Spurs on the horizon.

Arsenal drew away at Stoke. Leicester scraped a point against the already doomed Aston Villa. Man City stuck a nuclear warhead up the ass of Crystal Palace and blew them to smithereens.

Manuel Pellegrini’s side is now one point behind Arsenal and Leicester. They are even money for the title. They know how to win it. They have world class performers like David Silva and Sergio Aguero banging the ball into the back of the net.

City’s opponent’s, Crystal Palace, has been one of the Premier League’s most refreshing sides. At times, they have motored. Especially, their forward line. However, the wheels have come off recently. Alan Pardew’s men have failed to score in the last five games. They have conceded eight. They even lost to Aston Villa.

Is there any chance that the Divisional Playoff round can top the batshit craziness from last weekend’s wild card fiasco? Who knows. I went 2-2 ATS last week, thanks to the Steelers leaving AJ Green wide open and Seattle bumbling their way through the frozen tundra of the Midwest. Still, I’m outright confident in these choices below. Enjoy the weekend, and here’s a nudge if you need some further convincing on your own picks.

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS +4.5 over NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS

Last week, I used the universally accepted DVOA rankings from Football Outsiders to get an idea of how good the strength of competition was for the Kansas City Chiefs during their 10-game winning streak that ended the season. It turned out that Kansas City had gone 10-0 SU and 7-3 ATS against teams that averaged out to a 16.3 ranking in DVOA. Houston ranked 18th heading in to last week. So it seemed logical to take Kansas on a tight line then.

Now they face the Patriots, a team that grades out as the 6th best overall team in football. Even if you’re one of the few who doesn’t necessarily trust how Football Outsider’s grades overall performance, you’d be stupid to believe that the Patriots are anything but one of the best in the league. Under basic metrics, they have the 10th best scoring defense and the 3rd best scoring offense, and held a +9.4 points differential over the course of the season.

A weekend full of FA Cup action saw the Premier League do a sideways shuffle into midweek action. Arsenal remains top, Leicester close the gap, and Aston Villa finally win a game.

34 goals in two crazy days of Premier League action.

Let’s get to it.

Arsenal remain on top of the craziest league in world football after an amazing six goal thriller at Anfield. Roberto Firmino looked like Zico as he scored his first and second goals in front of a rain sodden Anfield, to put Liverpool 2-1 ahead in the first 20-minutes. Olivier Giroud bagged a brace either side of half time to give the Gunners the lead (his 10th goal in 9 games), only for little Joe Allen to turn up in the Arrsenal box in the last minute of the match to volley home an equaliser.

A weekend full of FA Cup action saw the Premier League do a sideways shuffle into midweek action. Arsenal remains top, Leicester close the gap, and Aston Villa finally win a game.

34 goals in two crazy days of Premier League action.

Let’s get to it.

Arsenal remain on top of the craziest league in world football after an amazing six goal thriller at Anfield. Roberto Firmino looked like Zico as he scored his first and second goals in front of a rain sodden Anfield, to put Liverpool 2-1 ahead in the first 20-minutes. Olivier Giroud bagged a brace either side of half time to give the Gunners the lead (his 10th goal in 9 games), only for little Joe Allen to turn up in the Arrsenal box in the last minute of the match to volley home an equaliser.

Do you want to know if your NCAA basketball team will make it to March Madness? Microsoft’s Bing Predicts can help you.

March Madness is still a couple of months away but it’s never too early to prepare for Microsoft as it launched its Bing Predicts’ new “Are We In” college basketball tool.

AreWeIn.net gives college basketball fans some daily updated predictions such as team’s probability of making the tournament, what the team will be seeded, how it will finish, and its conference standings.

According to ESPN College Basketball Analyst Jay Williams, Bing Predicts will take a look at the historical statistics to see which factors contribute to strong teams who make the tournament either automatically or as an at-large bid. Predictions are based data such as team’s strength of schedule, opponents’ win/lose record, and detailed statistical analysis regarding their on-court tendencies such as ball control, rebounding and field-goal percentage.  And since predictions are also subject to changes, it would also add web activity and social sentiment to tune the strengths, capturing real-time information like injuries and line-up changes.

Do you want to know if your NCAA basketball team will make it to March Madness? Microsoft’s Bing Predicts can help you.

March Madness is still a couple of months away but it’s never too early to prepare for Microsoft as it launched its Bing Predicts’ new “Are We In” college basketball tool.

AreWeIn.net gives college basketball fans some daily updated predictions such as team’s probability of making the tournament, what the team will be seeded, how it will finish, and its conference standings.

According to ESPN College Basketball Analyst Jay Williams, Bing Predicts will take a look at the historical statistics to see which factors contribute to strong teams who make the tournament either automatically or as an at-large bid. Predictions are based data such as team’s strength of schedule, opponents’ win/lose record, and detailed statistical analysis regarding their on-court tendencies such as ball control, rebounding and field-goal percentage.  And since predictions are also subject to changes, it would also add web activity and social sentiment to tune the strengths, capturing real-time information like injuries and line-up changes.

History repeat itself as South African cricket is about to be rocked by another huge match fixing scandal.

A former South African cricketer, who has yet to be named, has been charged with corruption involving match-fixing and could face jail time under the South African law, reported The Telegraph.

On November 6‚ Cricket South Africa (CSA) said they were conducting an investigation involving an international syndicate, which attempted to corrupt cricket in South Africa.

In December 2015, CSA confirmed that its Anti-Corruption and Security Unit had charged an “intermediary” under its Anti-Corruption Code for contriving to “fix, or otherwise improperly influence aspects of last year’s Ram Slam T20 Challenge.

History repeat itself as South African cricket is about to be rocked by another huge match fixing scandal.

A former South African cricketer, who has yet to be named, has been charged with corruption involving match-fixing and could face jail time under the South African law, reported The Telegraph.

On November 6‚ Cricket South Africa (CSA) said they were conducting an investigation involving an international syndicate, which attempted to corrupt cricket in South Africa.

In December 2015, CSA confirmed that its Anti-Corruption and Security Unit had charged an “intermediary” under its Anti-Corruption Code for contriving to “fix, or otherwise improperly influence aspects of last year’s Ram Slam T20 Challenge.

Match fixing allegations during 2015 Gold Cup tournament turned out to be a false alarm.

CONCACAF, football’s governing body in North America, has announced that there was no evidence of match fixing during the quarterfinal and semifinal matches of the 2015 Gold Cup.

“CONCACAF found no clear or convincing evidence of match fixing or an intentional effort to affect the results of the Gold Cup 2015 matches,” said the organization in a statement, adding that the decisions could be attributed to “simple mistakes, errors in positioning, and/or lack of concentration”

Mexico‘s 2-1 semifinal victory over Panama during last year’s Gold Cup has been clouded with controversy.

Match fixing allegations during 2015 Gold Cup tournament turned out to be a false alarm.

CONCACAF, football’s governing body in North America, has announced that there was no evidence of match fixing during the quarterfinal and semifinal matches of the 2015 Gold Cup.

“CONCACAF found no clear or convincing evidence of match fixing or an intentional effort to affect the results of the Gold Cup 2015 matches,” said the organization in a statement, adding that the decisions could be attributed to “simple mistakes, errors in positioning, and/or lack of concentration”

Mexico‘s 2-1 semifinal victory over Panama during last year’s Gold Cup has been clouded with controversy.