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Mortar fires kill nine Somali footballers

14 January 2010

At least nine Somali teenagers have been killed by mortar fires while they were playing football game at a village stadium in the Wardhigley district in Mogadishu Wednesday, Somali Football Federation confirmed.




Match-fixing has good odds in German lower leagues

10 December 2009

American newspaper, the New York Times went to Germany to take a closer look at the state of German football in the wake of the match-fixing scandal.




FIFA call in Interpol to combat illegal betting

03 December 2009

FIFA has been forced to call in international crime-fighters Interpol to form a task-force to combat a wave of match-fixing and bribery that is sweeping through the game.




Declan Hill: I told you so

21 November 2009

"I told you so", Declan Hill says in a press statement on the large probe into match-fixing leading to 17 arrests and confiscation of documents, cash and valuables after 50 raids in three European countries.




European betting agencies call for independent global sports anti-corruption agency

22 September 2009

The European Sports Security Association (ESSA) has issued a call for the establishment of a robust independent global sports anti-corruption body.




A level playing field? Don’t bet on it.

09 June 2009

The old adage that it “takes a crook to catch a crook” became a reality when a former New York crime chief provided a fascinating insight into how match fixing takes place in the USA.