ABSTRACT
This chapter offers an analysis of the changing nature of corruption in sport. It is presented in three stages. These are the influence of gambling on amateur and professional football, the manipulation of sport as a form of state corruption and national propaganda, and increased commercialisation of sport and sporting bodies’ corruption. We therefore highlight the change in societal discourse and attitudes towards gambling and sport, its use as a political statement of power and prestige, and how the increase in commercial sponsorship has contributed to corruption in those that are supposed to be custodians of sport.
