More about match fixing things - Declan Hill

The Lapland Police Force, the Zimbabwean Football Association and What is Really Going On

It has been a long, hot summer of match-fixing scandals.

Count them: Zimbabwe, Finland, the Czech Republic, Nigeria, South Korea, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Hungary, South Africa, Australia, Argentina, Poland, Malaysia (again) … the list goes on, but lets stop there for the moment. Suffice it to say that the scandals feature some of the top sports teams in the world and show clearly that the wave of match-fixing that I predicted is now deeply embedded in professional sports.

I have not had time to comment on all the scandals, I have been flying around the world consulting for some national governments and trying to put in place an effective education program for athletes. So now I am going to write and post three blogs over the next few days, their subjects are:

- What I believe FIFA is really doing
- What sports organizations should be doing
- What you as a sports fan could be doing to get rid of corruption in sports.

Here is the main update: the police have largely done their job – 

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