UEFA, football leaders open match-fixing summit
Published
Nov. 25, 2009 2:29 p.m. ET
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UEFA says five clubs in Albania, Latvia, Slovenia and Hungary are suspected in European football's biggest match-fixing investigation. The European football body named the clubs Wednesday as KF Tirana, FC Dinaburg, KS Vilaznia, NK IB Llubljana and Honved. The clubs allegedly fixed seven qualifying round games in the Champions League and Europa League between July 16 and Aug. 6. UEFA says three referees were possibly involved as well as one official connected to UEFA. They were not identified by name. UEFA has opened its own investigation into the seven games and the referees. UEFA officials met with national association leaders from Austria, Belgium, Bosnia, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Slovenia, Switzerland and Turkey.
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