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Italian Defender Goes on Hunger Strike and Chains Himself to Gates

Anto11 August 12, 2012 0

Verona defender Emanuele Pesoli has gone on hunger strike and chained himself to the gates og the Italian football federation’s headquarters in Rome after being handed a 3 year ban for match fixing whilst

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Former Italian Striker Under House Arrest

Anto11 June 1, 2011 0

Former Italian striker Giuseppe Signori has been put under house arrest in connection with match-fixing. The former Lazio hero plus seven others were arrested by Police in a major match-fixing sting, after a second-tier

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Betting Suspended After Match Fixing Fears

Anto11 March 22, 2010 0

Another match fixing scandal this time in Italy’s Serie A between unfashionable clubs Chievo and Catania has hit the headlines. It is reported that UK bookie firms suspended betting on the match between the

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Chinese Ref Could Face Death Penalty

Anto11 March 17, 2010 0

World Cup referee Lu Jun could face punishment ranging from administrative sanction to the death penalty if found guilty in the ongoing probe into match-fixing in the domestic game. Lu, who officiated in two

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Chinese Match-Fixing Scandal

Anto11 March 15, 2010 1

More than 200 Chinese soccer officials have been sent on a five-day “Anti-corruption Rectification Education Camp” as the country tries to repair the damage after a match-fixing scandal. Huang Junjie, a FIFA international referee since

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