UEFA Investigates Ref Over Four-Penalty Friendly
by Brian Homewood (Profile/Interview | Yahoo - December 16)
Bulgarian referee Anton Genov is being investigated by UEFA after irregular betting patterns emerged over an international friendly in which he awarded four penalties. more details | go to article

UEFA Suspends Top Referee For Alleged Match-Fixing
by Associated Press (Profile/Interview | Google News - December 15)
European soccer's governing body has suspended a top referee while it investigates him for allegedly helping to fix an international match in a betting coup. more details | go to article

Match-Fixing In Soccer Must Be Addressed
by Gareth Wheeler (Commentary | Toronto Sun - December 14)
"I really believe that this is the main scourge we are facing this decade." -- UEFA president, Michel Platini. Plus: Akron Zip Teal Bunbury would be perfect for TFC. more details | go to article

Looking Down The Rabbit Hole
by Tim Rycroft (Commentary | Metro (Calgary) - December 14)
How far down the rabbit hole are you willing to go Alice? It’s a question the Canadian Soccer Association (CSA) needs to be asking itself. more details | go to article

Was The Fix In?
by Gerry Dobson (Commentary | Rogers Sportsnet (Canada) - December 13)
It was the perfect recipe for possible chicanery when Macedonia and Canada squared off. more details | go to article

Player Pulled Into Soccer Betting Maelstrom
by Katrin Bennhold (Profile/Interview | New York Times - December 9)
What broke Marcel Schuon was his fear of the gun. more details | go to article

The Usual Suspects: Fixers’ Actions And FIFA’s Inaction
by Declan Hill (Commentary | New York Times - December 5)
We should not take soccer officials too seriously when they meet reports of match fixing as they have done in the past. Like Captain Renault — the corrupt police officer in the film “Casablanca” who declared, “I’m shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here” — officials who have been around the game a long time should not be surprised by corruption. more details | go to article

Killings In England A Mystery, But Signs Point To Soccer Gambling Ring
by Rob Hughes and Julia Werdigier (Profile/Interview | New York Times - December 4)
It has been more than a year since two young Chinese graduates were found bound and mutilated in their apartment here. The throat of Zhen Xing Yang was cut; the skull of his girlfriend, Xi Zhou, was smashed in three places. Before he died, police said, Yang was tortured. more details | go to article

Soccer Fix Whistleblower Feels Vindicated
by Garth Woolsey (Commentary | Toronto Star - November 22)
Ads by Google Retire To Costa Rica Starting at 99K with 20k Down Register Today For Your Dream Home! www.CostaLandSales.com THUMBS UP ... THUMBS DOWN UP: There was no choice. Sooner or later, Dick Jauron had to go as head coach of the Buffalo Bills. It should have been sooner. DOWN: Firing Jauron cannot hide the fact that under owner Ralph Wilson's watch, the Buffalo Bills have become perennial losers. "I told you so." Those four words sit at the top of Declan Hill's latest entry on his blog, which is a follow-up to his book, The Fix: Soccer and Organized Crime. more details | go to article