The Fix: Soccer and Organized CrimeThe Fix is the most explosive story of sports corruption in a generation. Intriguing, riveting, and compelling, it tells the story of an investigative journalist who sets out to examine the world of match-fixing in professional soccer. From the Introduction Understand how gambling fixers work to corrupt a soccer game and you will understand how they move into a basketball league, a cricket tournament, or a tennis match (all places, by the way, that criminal fixers have moved into). My views on soccer have changed. I still love the Saturday-morning game between amateurs: the camaraderie and the fresh smell of grass. But the professional game leaves me cold. I hope you will understand why after reading the book. I think you may never look at sport in the same way again. |
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... fixing is new to that game . However , match - fixing in cricket has a history that is at least two hundred years old . In 1806 , English cricket was rife with match - fixing . There were criminal bookmakers who set up their shops ...
... fixing is new to that game . However , match - fixing in cricket has a history that is at least two hundred years old . In 1806 , English cricket was rife with match - fixing . There were criminal bookmakers who set up their shops ...
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... match - fixing methods , but he was also providing the investi- gators with receipts , exact financial amounts , and ... fixing was more than simply a one - off event ; it was a pattern of consistent and constant corruption . They ...
... match - fixing methods , but he was also providing the investi- gators with receipts , exact financial amounts , and ... fixing was more than simply a one - off event ; it was a pattern of consistent and constant corruption . They ...
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... match - fixing of , 31-32 Foulkes , Bill , 103 Foul Play ( Thomas ) , 181 France : France national team , 211 ; Ligue de Football Professionel ( French premier league ) , 120 , 151 ; match - fixing investigation , 151-58 , 165 ...
... match - fixing of , 31-32 Foulkes , Bill , 103 Foul Play ( Thomas ) , 181 France : France national team , 211 ; Ligue de Football Professionel ( French premier league ) , 120 , 151 ; match - fixing investigation , 151-58 , 165 ...
Contents
PART II | 5 |
The Arrival of the Locusts | 77 |
A NORMAL WAY OF BUSINESS | 87 |
Copyright | |
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