Join Now  | 
Home About Contact Us Privacy & Security Advertise
Soccer America Daily Special Edition Around The Net Soccer Business Insider College Soccer Reporter Youth Soccer Reporter Soccer on TV Soccer America Classifieds
Paul Gardner: SoccerTalk Soccer America Confidential Youth Soccer Insider World Cup Watch
RSS Feeds Archives Manage Subscriptions Subscribe
Order Current Issue Subscribe Manage My Subscription Renew My Subscription Gift Subscription
My Account Join Now
Tournament Calendar Camps & Academies Soccer Glossary Classifieds
Report: Liverpool UCL Match Under Europol Investigation
Press Association, February 5th, 2013 1:18PM
Subscribe to Section 2 Around the Net


MOST READ
TAGS:  england, uefa champions league


A UEFA Champions League between Liverpool and Hungarian club Debrecen in 2009 has been reported as one of the Champions League games that could be under investigation by Europol, which on Monday said it was investigating more than 380 games for possible game-fixing. According to Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet, Europol is looking at the Hungarian team, not Liverpool, as Vukasin Poleksic, the Debrecen goalkeeper that night, was banned for two years in 2010 by UEFA for failing to report match-fixing activities in a different game.

However, despite the report linking that game to the Europol investigation, none of the 380 games the European law enforcement agency is looking into have yet been revealed. Liverpool, UEFA and the English Football Association have all said that they are unaware of any probes into any suspicious Champions League games.

Rob Wainwright, director of Europol - the European Union's law enforcement agency, told a news conference on Monday that 425 referees, club officials, players, and serious criminals, from more than 15 countries, are suspected of being involved in attempts to fix games.

Read the original story...


No comments yet.

Sign in to leave a comment. Don't have an account? Join Now


AUTHORS

ARCHIVES
FOLLOW SOCCERAMERICA

Recent Section 2 Around the Net
Report: Pulis Resigns as Stoke Manager    
Tony Pulis has resigned as Stoke City coach, according to reports in England. The 55-year-old Welshman ...
Ferguson Wins Fourth LMA Manager of the Year Award    
Alex Ferguson on Monday received his fourth League Managers' Association award for manager of the year. ...
Brighton Suspends Coach Following Excrement Incident    
Brighton coach Gus Poyet, assistant Mauricio Taricco and first-team coach Charlie Oatway were suspended on Monday ...
Report: Atletico Expects Falcao to Leave    
Over the past few weeks, Atletico Madrid striker Radamel Falcao has been linked with moves to ...
Spain Says Adios to Mourinho    
Following the news on Monday that Jose Mourinho's three-year reign as Real Madrid coach will end ...
Report: Barca Ponders Vilanova Backup Plan    
In his first press conference after returning from cancer treatment in the United States, Barcelona coach ...
Reports: Mourinho Future to be Decided This Week    
Reports in Spain suggest that Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho's future could be decided this week, ...
Fiorentina Angry as Milan Edges UCL Berth     
There was high-drama in Italy on Sunday as the Serie A season came to a close. ...
Beckham's Emotional Farewell     
In a weekend of emotional farewells, David Beckham was perhaps the most emotional. As he was ...
Steve Clarke Interprets Fergie's Final Words     
Following his last game in charge of Manchester United, which finished by the astonishing score line ...
>> Section 2 Around the Net Archives