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Uefa spotlight falls on Latvian match fixing

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 09/04/2010 - 15:27

UEFA chief Michel Platini said the Latvian game is under the corruption microscope, in the wake of a match-fixing scandal which saw a club axed from the top flight.

"UEFA decided two years ago to invest in a system to prevent this big flaw that is match-fixing corruption," Platini said.

"With the early-warning system, with police help which we receive from many countries, we have information about what is happening in football, and that is passed to national associations," the UEFA chief said.

"We take this problem very seriously. I asked the prime minister and the national association to help fight against the corruption of match-fixing. We are not the police, but it is our job to protect the game," he added.

In October 2009, the Latvian Football Federation kicked southern club Dinaburg out of the 10-team, top-tier Virsliga for repeated match-fixing.

The disgraced club's player-manager and president received life bans from any involvement in Latvian football.

Latvian federation head Guntis Indriksons on Friday told reporters match-fixing would not be tolerated.

"If we have information from UEFA or FIFA, if we have information from players, or coaches or law enforcement authorities, or if journalists write about it, our decision will be the same as before," he said.

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Comments (5)

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 09/04/2010 - 23:37.

I guess you think calciopoli was just made up, huh? What a turkey. You know that corruption that is uncovered in any organization or industry is usually less than 10% of what actually exists, or don't you?

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 09/04/2010 - 22:16.

the World Cup was the end of the line for me, football is so corrupt it simply is not a legitimate competition. WTF you cant just make shit up and try and pass it off as fact your whole post is just bs...

Submitted by noddy the sandwich (not verified) on Sat, 09/04/2010 - 20:06.

I gave up with FIFA games a while ago, did not watch any of the world cup and will never watch international football again, until the video is used. I'm very close to doing the same with the champions league. The only way things will change is massive turning off, of TV sets when games on being shown.

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