The hot tub of World Cup match-fixing This article first appeared on playthegame.org Potential corruption and match-fixing at the World Cup is aided by corrupt national football association officials, . FIFA’s ‘often odd’ attitude towards these officials protects the fixers at the World Cup. Uncle Frankie, the match-fixer, sat in the hot tub with players … Continue reading Why the Match Fixers are at the World Cup in Russia
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2 Farces, Turkish Nightmare & Infantino’s Blatter-Lite FIFA
It was not a good week for sport. The Turkish nightmare continues. There are strange doings, as usual, in Singapore and Qatar. However, the big story is that Gianni Infantino’s FIFA has now become a Blatter-Lite FIFA: the same organisation, only with better table manners for the media. The key issue is the resignation … Continue reading 2 Farces, Turkish Nightmare & Infantino’s Blatter-Lite FIFA
Games Night at Zurich Hotels & Why Dan Tan Should Be Released
Crikey – the arrests of FIFA executives is getting so routine at the five-star Hotel Baur au Lac in Zurich the management should build it into their daily schedule: 5 p.m. – High Tea 6 p.m. – Cocktails & Happy Hour 6 a.m. – FBI & Swiss Organized Crime Police arrests of FIFA executives … Continue reading Games Night at Zurich Hotels & Why Dan Tan Should Be Released
Singapore’s Middle Finger to the Sporting World
Well this is interesting. Dan Tan the man Interpol once described him as the “the mastermind and leader of the world’s most notorious match-fixing syndicate” has been released from jail by a Singapore Appeal’s Court judge. Three technically accurate points and a chronology: 1) It is technically true, the appeal judge’s assessment is accurate: there … Continue reading Singapore’s Middle Finger to the Sporting World
7 lessons from the IAAF and Russian Doping Scandals
So now we know. Now we know that the Russian anti-doping system in sport was largely a sham: a Potemkin village of a program designed to give the appearance of an effective fight but in reality enabling widespread doping among their athletes. Now we know that at the very heart of athleticism and the IAAF … Continue reading 7 lessons from the IAAF and Russian Doping Scandals
