Beyond Football - Freestyle Football Forum
Soccer => Soccer Forum => Topic started by: stas on Feb 04, 2013, 10:02: AM
-
from CNN.com
...A total of 380 games in Europe -- including World Cup and European Championship qualifiers -- have been deemed suspicious, with 425 match and club officials and criminals involved from 15 different countries.
The Champions League match in England, which took place in the "last three or four years", is now subject to "ongoing judicial proceedings."
It is estimated that €16 million ($21.7m) had been bet on matches by criminals, yielding an €8 million ($10.8m) profit, with the highest single bribe of €140,000 paid in Austria...
Full article here:
http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/04/sport/football/match-fixing-champions-league-football/index.html?hpt=hp_t3 (http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/04/sport/football/match-fixing-champions-league-football/index.html?hpt=hp_t3)
-
wow that is huge! scandal
-
that is gigantic !!!! what an inspiration for match fixers :grin:
-
If this is all true, there will be good evidence, it will be (in total already is) a great scandal. So many matches, the most important leagues and cups set, it's a shame. Unfortunately, setting matches is one of the main problems of modern football.