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11/21/09

Massive match-fixing scandal in European football

As an encore to the "Hand of Fraud" European football follows up with the biggest match-fixing scandal in its history.

Soccer, UEFA

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Read Article: (www.timesonline.co.uk)

It has been a rough week for football's credibility in Europe this week. We started with Thierry Henry's hand ball which ousted Ireland from the 2010 World Cup. Then FIFA in it's infinite fairness rejected calls for a rematch, despite the fact that Henry himself thought it the right thing to do.

Then we have Robin van Persie's oddball treatment where he reportedly used human (or horse) placenta fluid to treat his injured ankle.

But the biggest news may be the match-fixing probe in Switzerland, Germany, England and six other countries which revealed that as many as 200 games were fixed by a Berlin-based gang this year. Unfortunately for Uefa's credibility, those matches include three in the Champions League and 12 Europa League games. Seventeen people (2 in Switzerland and 15 in Germany) have been arrested so far.

You can expect the conspiracy theorists to come out of the woodwork claiming every match their favorite club lost was fixed. Hell, with 200 matches under suspicion, they may be right.

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11/21/09

bwfc2good4u

match fixing takes place all the time, but just not usually on such a large scale. I went to a game last year between Accrington Stanley and Bury in our 4th division. Bury won 2-0 but it emerged that 4 players involved in the game had bet on a 2-0 victory, which was the correct score.. the punishment was a joke though. 4 players was suspended for 1 year and they were all fined, and that was it. If that is the level of punishment for match fixing then people will do it. It need sto be clamped down on and quickly as it has not been footballs finest week

11/21/09

redsox1002003

pete rose approves

In all seriousness though, its unreal how seriously people out there take soccer. you think there are football and baseball fanatics out here, that doesnt even scratch the surface of fanhood out there. its a shame these people will convince these players to make an extra buck by fixing games. im hoping out here in america, we dont get as big as a scandal as this, the black sox, or rose ever again, because it diminishes the pride and horor of sport.

11/21/09

BluDevil

1	The only real way to solve this match fixing problem is to leverage the mobs out of the gambling business. Make it easy, legal and transparent to gamble everywhere and you'll break the power of the mobs.