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Subject Biggest ever soccer match fixing scandal uncovered - over 380 international games were bogus

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Obviously the game has been corrupt for ages now. [b]Don't you find it odd how man city won the title in the 93min of the last match? Don't you find it odd how a team like chelsea won the champions league last year?[/b] Football is nothing more that a money laundering scheme for rich billionaire owners.
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Strangely no I don't!

Think about what you're saying, certainly about Man City.
If they'd been awarded a last minute penalty or something like that well fair enough. But they weren't.
If it was a one-off match then fair enough but it's over 38 matches.
If they were the only rich team in the league then fair enough.
But what about Man United and Chelsea. Also Liverpool to some extent.
Ergo, in relation to the English Prem I would suggest your argument is invalid.

I can't really comment on the Champion's League other than to say why didn't any of the extremely wealthy sides do well in it?
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Original Message A criminal ring suspected of fixing 380 matches, including World Cup qualifying games, has been smashed by police in Europe.

The matches included European Championship qualifiers, two Champions League games and some top flight league matches.

One Champions League match played in England was among the games fixed.

Rob Wainwright, head of the European police agency Europol, said the investigation had identified about 425 corrupt officials, players and serious criminals in 15 countries.

It had uncovered "match fixing activity on a scale we have not seen before", he said.

Most of the fixed matches were played in Turkish, German and Swiss championships, but other matches around the world are also concerned.

Inquiries found evidence that a Singapore-based crime group was closely involved, spending up to 100,000 euros (£86,000) per match to bribe players and officials.

The suspected countries in which those matches were held are, Switzerland, Germany, Turkey, and other South American nations.

[link to www.lbc.co.uk]

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