The success of Toronto FC aside, Canadian soccer remains an abject embarrassment — not because of quality of play, but because European police and sports officials say a lower-level Canadian league remains a hot spot of corruption and match-fixing. “You are supposed to be honest people,” Kee, a Chinese-Malaysian bookie who runs an illegal gambling … Continue reading Canada’s Shame
Tag Archives: Malta
How to Investigate Sports Corruption without upsetting the Senior Executives
Lets judge them using their own words. Today, (October 7) the Qatari-sponsored International Centre for Sports Security (ICSS) prepares to officially launch another alphabet soup of an organisation – the Sports Integrity Global Alliance (SIGA) or possibly they will announce a shift in their own organization’s deck chairs while attempting to convince the sports world … Continue reading How to Investigate Sports Corruption without upsetting the Senior Executives
The ‘Sports’ Farce in Washington
To my American colleagues who went to the seminar on ‘sports integrity’ at the National Press Club on June 24th, You saw a presentation by a man with little credibility in sports integrity and two other men who have failed. You attended a presentation sponsored by the Qatari sports establishment. This is a group that … Continue reading The ‘Sports’ Farce in Washington
Murdered Bikers, IOC/FIFA and Dead Men Walking
The links between organized crime bike gangs and the IOC/FIFA Okay, everyone calm down. This blog is not about Thomas Bach’s previously unknown (and utterly fictional) history as a Hells Angels member or Sepp Blatter’s non-role as a Bandido drug enforcer. Rather it is about the reason why those nine motorcycle gang members were murdered … Continue reading Murdered Bikers, IOC/FIFA and Dead Men Walking
“We save the whales. We save the dolphins. We need to save human beings.”
A suspension of articles on match-fixing for the next few days after the tragedies in the Mediterranean Sea. Here is an article I wrote in November 2014, on a private charity that tries to rescue migrants off Malta. VALLETTA, MALTA—It is the memories of the dead children that keep Marco Cauchi up at night. … Continue reading “We save the whales. We save the dolphins. We need to save human beings.”
