IF YOU'RE GOING TO RIG THE GAMES COULDN'T YOU MAKE THEM MORE INTERESTING?:

Europe rocked by fresh match-fixing scandal (Javno, November 20, 2009)

Around 200 football matches in nine European countries including at least three Champions League games are implicated in a new match-fixing scandal, German prosecutors said on Friday.

UEFA expert Peter Limacher told a press conference in Germany that the revelations represented "clearly" the worst ever match-fixing scandal in European football.

Between the fixes and the officiating it is a game in which one can have little confidence that better team will prevail.

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Posted by Orrin Judd at November 20, 2009 10:35 AM