Brazil’s Senate creates commission to investigate alleged soccer match-fixing
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Brazil’s Senate creates commission to investigate alleged soccer match-fixing

Associated Press  

RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s Senate on Wednesday installed a commission to investigate soccer match-fixing amid allegations from the top shareholder of a team that dominated the national league throughout most of last year but failed to clinch the championship. John Textor, an American executive whose Eagle Football runs Rio de Janeiro-based club Botafogo, will be the first person summoned to testify, according to Sen. Jorge Kajuru, who will preside over the commission. “It will really be the bombastic start of this investigation.” Kajuru, a former sports journalist, previously said that if Textor’s accusations are false then he should be banned from soccer. “The people here are people who definitively want to clean everything up, want to open the black boxes, let’s say, of the betting companies that exist in our country, understand and know them better,” Sen. Romário said.

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Brazil’s Congress opens probe into soccer match-fixing scandal
1 year, 10 months ago

Brazil’s Congress opens probe into soccer match-fixing scandal

Associated Press  

BRASILIA, Brazil — Brazil’s lower house of Congress on Wednesday opened a probe into a soccer match-fixing scandal that has rocked the sport in the South American nation. We don’t know whether a given yellow card, a red card or a penalty was supposed to happen or not.” Carreras also said one of the goals of the congressional inquiry is …

Brazil’s soccer match-fixing scandal has international reach, investigator says
1 year, 10 months ago

Brazil’s soccer match-fixing scandal has international reach, investigator says

Associated Press  

SAO PAULO — The lead investigator of Brazil’s sprawling match-fixing scandal said he has uncovered potential evidence of wrongdoing by players in other countries, and he hopes foreign authorities will use his team’s findings to start probes of their own. Goias state District Attorney Fernando Cesconetto said in interviews with The Associated Press between Saturday and Monday that the case …

Probe finds evidence of match fixing in Brazil's top football league
1 year, 11 months ago

Probe finds evidence of match fixing in Brazil's top football league

India TV News  

Probe finds evidence of match fixing in Brazil's top football league Authorities raided homes of businessmen and players in six Brazilian states and 16 cities. A PTI report stated that the match fixing investigation began in November last year. "The investigation began in November focusing on three matches and has widened to 11 games, though some were in lower leagues," …

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