- Contributed by Erwin Cifuentes. The chief of Brazil's sport tribunal declined to stop or make any changes to the Brazilian soccer club championship in light of rumors of match-fixing by several referees. The Brazilian soccer federations have already banned two referees who officiated fifteen games in both the first and second divisions for accepting money from an illegal gambling ring. (ESPNsoccernet.com)
Tuesday, September 27, 2005
Refereeing scandal rocks Brazilian soccer
- Contributed by Erwin Cifuentes. The chief of Brazil's sport tribunal declined to stop or make any changes to the Brazilian soccer club championship in light of rumors of match-fixing by several referees. The Brazilian soccer federations have already banned two referees who officiated fifteen games in both the first and second divisions for accepting money from an illegal gambling ring. (ESPNsoccernet.com)
This is nothing new in the soccer world. A few officials were caught fixing matches last year in Italy's Serie A and Germany's Bundesliga. Whether the Brazilian soccer league can actually void the games these refs were officiating will prove to be difficult, unless they can ascertain the specific games that were fixed.
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