After 17 years in professional football "One of the Biggest": Bastian Schweinsteiger ends his career Bastian Schweinsteiger has ended his active career. Thus one of the most successful German players hangs up his shoes. Bastian Schweinsteiger His greatest success: Bastian Schweinsteiger with the World Cup trophy after the triumph of Rio de Janeiro.Getty Images For the past three years Schweinsteiger played in the US MLS at Chicago Fire. His contract ended with the end of the regular season after the 35-year-old had missed with his club again the play-offs. First, he left open the continuation of his career, now he draws a line. With Schweinsteiger one of the most successful German players leaves the big football stage. As an 18-year-old he came in 2002 to the professional squad of Bayern Munich, which he had already joined in adolescence. In his 13 years with the Bavarians he celebrated a total of eight German championships and won the cup seven times. His biggest victory at club level was the triumph in the Champions League in 2013 in the "German final" in Wembley against Borussia Dortmund (2: 1). In the national team Schweinsteiger came between 2004 and 2016 to 121 internationals (24 goals). This puts him in fourth place in Germany's record-breaking national team, with only Lothar Matthäus (150 caps), Miroslav Klose (137) and Lukas Podolski (130) ahead of him. He participated with the national team in three World Championships (2006, 2010 and 2014) and four European Championships (2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016). Continue on https://www.kicker.de/759745/artikel/_einer_der_groessten_bastian_schweinsteiger_beendet_karriere

Match-fixing – the global threat to the credibility of sport By Play the Game At Play the Game 2019 professionals, journalists and academics with extensive experience in the fight against match-fixing will present and discuss the global problem of fixed sport competitions which continue to threaten the credibility of sport despite various initiatives and measures to prevent it. Scandals of match-fixing or other forms of manipulation of sport competitions continue to appear in a number of sports and at various levels across the globe and an effective international approach against this threat to sport it is still to be found. As it has been apparent in the fight against doping, cases of match-fixing also show that it is of utmost importance for sport to be engaged in information exchange and close cooperation with law enforcement to effectively discover potential match-fixing activities. Increasingly, governments – at various levels – look to implement policies to assist in the fight against match-fixing and the recently ratified Convention on the Manipulation of Sports Competitions (the Macolin Convention) also shows a commitment from state parties to preserve the integrity of sport. But it takes two to tango. In all instances of match-fixing, athletes are involved and effective prevention strategies are obviously required from sports organisations. Athletes, clients, criminals: Who benefits from sports betting in the US In the closing session at Play the Game 2019, delegates will hear from high-profile speakers who will discuss the challenges to combatting match-fixing and present examples of how measures of investigation and prevention can be applied. The discussion is framed by the recent legalisation of sports betting in the USA and speakers will discuss what impact this will have for the US sporting scene. Paulina Tomczyk, General secretary of EU Athletes, will present experiences in the field of match-fixing prevention under the project initiative of ‘PROtect Integrity’, aimed at educating athletes about sports betting integrity issues and the dangers of getting involved in any form of match-fixing. Delegateswill alsohear a presentation from Michael Bahrs, Detective Chief Superintendent in Bochum Police, Germany, who will give his perspective on the threat sport is facing from criminals and what should be done to tackle it. Continue on https://playthegame.org/news/news-articles/2019/0601_match-fixing-the-global-threat-to-the-credibility-of-sport/

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VIDEO "The most ugly entry of the 21st century!" Images with strong emotional impact Fernandinho , a Brazilian player of futsal from Intelli San Carlos , was knocked out and was taken to hospital after a "criminal" by Daniel Batalha , his opponent in the band Corinthians . The two teams were playing in the National Futsal League, when Batalha left everyone "with their mouths shut", after applying a direct blow to the athlete who needed the very quick intervention of the doctors. Moreover, the player hit the floor hard, after the blow directly applied to the figure. The Brazilian press called it the "worst entry of the 21st century". Continue on https://m.digisport.ro/alte-sporturi/imagini-cu-puternic-impact-emotional-un-jucator-de-futsal-din-brazilia-a-fost-facut-knock-out-de-un-adversar-737870 https://twitter.com/FSprofissional/status/1180938624847753216

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