Forecasting markets are a promising approach for predicting future events. The basic idea of a forecasting market is to trade virtual stocks whose final value is tied to a particular future event. The market prices can then be interpreted as predictions of the probability of those future events. The results of recent studies on forecasting markets are encouraging. However, various design issues...

Soccer has become the most popular sport in the world over the last century, but very little is known about its structure. One of the main reasons for that is the lack of a large-scale dataset. Despite the sport being constantly discussed and recorded worldwide, in every season there are several events that neither specialists nor fans can characterize or predict accurately. In this paper, we p...

Conflict situations in football have become a significant issue because they affect the players, supporters, referees, management team, governing body of football, and government. As time passes, discovery conflicts within industry has also increasingly diverse; both affected in-game or out game. In 2015, Indonesia had no activity for almost year when International Federation Association Footba...

Considerando que la invasión de Ucrania, dirigida por el ejército ruso y sus diversas tropas auxiliares, constituye una amenaza inmediata para paz en toda Europa Putin acentúa día a su política genocida pretende erradicar del mapa un pueblo soberano multiplicando los crímenes contra humanidad crimenes guerra (destrucción masiva ciudades e instalaciones civiles, torturas, violaciones, ejecucione...

This paper investigates the fairness of 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying competition via Monte Carlo simulations. The probabilities are calculated for 102 nations, all teams except African and European countries. A method is proposed to quantify degree unfairness. Although qualifications within four confederations constructed fairly, serious differences found between continents: instance, a South...