Match-rigging probe rocks German football - Feature
Hamburg - German football was shaken Friday by news that more than 30 matches in the country's leagues are under investigation on suspicion of being fixed by an international betting ring. The investigation by prosecutors in Bochum comes four years a...
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UEFA calls for harsh sanctions in match-fixing scandal
Nyon, Switzerland - European football's governing body UEFA said Friday it would be seeking the harshest of sanctions for players or clubs involved in the latest match-fixing revelations. UEFA said it was cooperating closely with German police and ...
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Second Taiwan baseball team sacks players over match fixing
Taipei - Taiwan's La New Bears baseball team sacked five more players over alleged match fixing Friday, as the illegal betting scandal snowballs and implicates more players. In a statement, La Mew Bears said that after firing two players Thursday, it...
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200 matches suspected in European match-fixing probe - Summary
Bochum, Germany - At least 200 matches are being investigated by German prosecutors in a match-fixing probe covering nine European leagues, the prosecutors' office in Bochum said Friday. Fifteen people have been arrested in Germany and two in Switzer...
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Barcelona players Abidal and Toure hit by swine flu
Madrid - Barcelona left-back Eric Abidal is suffering from swine flu and will be out of action for at least a week, the European champions said Friday. Barca have also revealed that midfielder Yaya Toure has the same symptoms - stomach virus and a hi...
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200 matches suspected in European match-fixing probe - Update
Bochum, Germany - At least 200 matches are being investigated by German prosecutors in a match-fixing probe covering nine European leagues, the prosecutors' office in Bochum said Friday. Fifteen people have been arrested in Germany and two in Switzer...
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Prosecutors: 200 matches affected in match-fixing probe
Bochum, Germany - Around 200 matches are being investigated by German prosecutors in a match-fixing probe covering nine European leagues, the prosecutors' office in Bochum said Friday. More than 200 people are suspected of being involved in alleged m...
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Austrian investor buys Williams stake
Vienna - Austrian investor Christian Toto Wolff has joined Williams as a minority stakeholder, the British Formula One team announced Friday. The team did not disclose the size of Wolff's share but said that the 37-year-old financier is taking a se...
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FIFA rules no replay of France-Ireland qualifier
Zurich - FIFA Friday rejected an Irish appeal to replay the France-Ireland World Cup qualifier which was decided following an illegal hand ball by Thierry Henry. Football's world governing body said the result of the match could not be changed and th...
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Replay France-Ireland match, says French finance minister - Summary
Paris - French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde said Friday that the second France-Ireland World Cup playoff match, which was decided by an illegal hand ball, should be replayed. I'm of course happy that France has qualified for the World Cup, but...
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