Tag: football corruption

  • Football Managers Corruption History: Sam Allardyce Isn’t the First

    Football Managers Corruption History: Sam Allardyce Isn’t the First

    England manager Sam Allardyce is out, and the blitz the Daily Telegraph are on in exposing corruption in English football has pinned the blame on three individuals in the Championship division: Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink of QPR, Tommy Wright of Barnsley, and Leeds owner Massimo Cellino, who is probably the least surprising name to find on this list. $7 m

  • How Corrupt is European Football? A Lot

    How Corrupt is European Football? A Lot

    An inquiry that began 18 months ago, diving into the belly of the beast, aka match fixing in European football, has revealed some ugly facts, which include a Champions League match; other corrupt matches included World Cup and European Championship qualifiers and several top football matches in European leagues.

  • Richard Kingson – The World Cup Bribe Offer and ‘Witch’ Wife

    Ghanaian goalkeeper Richard Kingson has spent most of his footballing career in Turkey, loaned out from Galatasaray to smalle clubs. The bulk of the little fame he can claim among football fans comes from his performances for the national side in the 2006 and 2010 World Cups.

  • Juventus FC – Old Problems and Edin Dzeko Transfer Rumors

    Where do we begin? With the bad or the harmless news? About Juventus, possibly, switching their focus to Edin Dzeko of Manchester City, orthe severe actions that might be taken against Antonio Conte, Leonardo Bonucci and Simone Pepe for the match-fixing scandal regarding matches from before all three where Juventus men.

  • Juventus in Match Fixing Problem Again?

    After the latest investigation into match fixing by prosecutors in Cremona has mostly dealt with Serie B club, Juventus head coach Antonio Conte has been called into questioning by the police among a number of people in connection with a match-fixing probe in Italy.