LONDON And KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, February 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has signed a far-reaching, long-term agreement for sports data and integrity leader Stats Perform to provide the BWF Integrity Unit with a suite of advanced integrity services to protect the sports.

The partnership strengthens the BWF Integrity Unit’s capabilities to investigate suspicious betting activity at badminton matches and is part of continued deterrence initiatives against potential corrupters of the sport.

Live monitoring of betting markets for suspicious betting activity remains an essential element of BWF’s anti-match-fixing operations.

More specifically, this new partnership will enable the BWF to gather information about specific games and competitions that may be linked to suspicious betting activity and will act as a catalyst for an investigation into alleged match-fixing where appropriate.

The Stats Perform partnership provides the BWF Integrity Unit with a holistic suite of tools to benefit from. In addition to monitoring the betting market, the partnership with Stats Perform also includes integrity training, information analysis support and its pioneering performance integrity analysis service.

BWF Secretary General Thomas Lund said: “Having Stats Perform on board will strengthen our commitment to protecting the integrity of sport from betting-related corruption.

“We now have world-class, industry-standard resources to monitor suspicious betting activity occurring at HSBC BWF World Tour tournaments and BWF Major Championships.”

Statistics Perform CEO Carl Mergele said: “The BWF is a key partner of Stats Perform and we are proud of the trust they have placed in us to both develop the sport commercially and protect it from harm.”

Jake MarchGlobal Head of Integrity Services, Stats Perform, commented, “We are excited to add BWF to our customer base and deliver an advanced approach to integrity risk management…