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Title: Europol: 680 matches suspected of being fixed (ESPN)
Post by: wdleehi on February 04, 2013, 06:02:47 PM

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/1326579/380-matches-suspect-in-european-fixing-probe?cc=5901

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Organized crime gangs have fixed or tried to fix hundreds of soccer matches around the world in recent years, including World Cup qualifiers, European Championship qualifiers and and two UEFA Champions League games, Europol announced Monday.

Title: Re: Europol: 680 matches suspected of being fixed (ESPN)
Post by: Eja117 on February 04, 2013, 06:51:38 PM

People should get their money back

Title: Re: Europol: 680 matches suspected of being fixed (ESPN)
Post by: hpantazo on February 04, 2013, 06:54:23 PM

can this group also investigate Stern and the NBA please?

Title: Re: Europol: 680 matches suspected of being fixed (ESPN)
Post by: ederson on February 05, 2013, 06:41:05 AM

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/liverpool/9848809/Liverpools-2009-Champions-League-match-against-Debrecen-allegedly-fixed-by-Hungarian-sides-goalkeeper.html

Title: Re: Europol: 680 matches suspected of being fixed (ESPN)
Post by: CelticConcourse on February 05, 2013, 07:18:04 AM

Fail!

Title: Re: Europol: 680 matches suspected of being fixed (ESPN)
Post by: Celtics4ever on February 05, 2013, 07:49:56 AM

I think if we knew how many games were fixed sports wide or all the cheating we would cringe.

Title: Re: Europol: 680 matches suspected of being fixed (ESPN)
Post by: ederson on February 10, 2013, 03:39:42 AM

I think at the end of the day we don`t care whether a game is fixed or not.

BTW soon Declan Hill wil publish his new book. it`s gpoing to be very interesting since this guy pretty much revealed the scandal

Title: Re: Europol: 680 matches suspected of being fixed (ESPN)
Post by: jdz101 on February 10, 2013, 04:25:21 AM

Quote from: hpantazo on February 04, 2013, 06:54:23 PM

can this group also investigate Stern and the NBA please?

I would rather an independent body to assess the referees first to be honest.

The current situation is absurd. We have guys over 60 and 70 still running around. Ridiculous.