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| The lawyer of a former Zimbabwean football chief executive says his client has been arrested by police and detained in custody for her alleged involvement in a match-fixing scandal. Lawyer Selby Hwacha said Thursday that Henrietta Rushwaya has been charged with corruption, bribery and match-fixing. Rushwaya is accused of working with an Asian betting syndicate to organize several fixed invitational... |
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| The Zimbabwe Football
Association (ZIFA) has suspended 80 players, including the core
of the national team, on suspicion of being linked to a
match-fixing scandal involving Asian betting syndicates, state
media reported on Wednesday.
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| The Zimbabwe Football Association suspended 67 players, including most of its national team, on Monday in the wake a long-standing match-fixing investigation. A ZIFA probe last year led to a number of Zimbabwe players admitting accepting money from an Asian betting syndicate to lose friendly matches on Far East trips between 2007 and 2009. |
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| Zimbabwe 2 South Africa 1 -
international friendly result on Tuesday.
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| The Zimbabwe Football Association has appointed a former supreme court judge and international cricket match referee to lead an independent investigation into a lingering match-fixing scandal. ZIFA named Ahmed Ebrahim on Monday as head of a disciplinary committee which will conduct hearings and determine punishments for players and officials accused of throwing games on Zimbabwe national team... |
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| The Zimbabwe Football Association says it has written to FIFA and the Confederation of African Football over concerns that a decisive Cup of Nations qualifying match between Mali and Liberia could be fixed. Zimbabwe's national federation, still embroiled in its own match-fixing controversy, says it fears Mali has tried to manipulate Saturday's match in Liberia to ensure the Malians qualify... |
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| FIFA's head of security says players and officials involved in match-fixing could receive lighter punishments by coming clean. Chris Eaton says bans from all forms of the game will match the nature of each offense but a confession could "be of great assistance" in deciding on a ban of years or life. |
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| The head of security for FIFA calls on players and officials involved in match fixing to step forward with the truth. Chris Eaton, winding up a trip to Zimbabwe where the sport has been mired in corruption allegations, says football has become "the victim of its own popularity" and was under attack by massive gambling syndicates worldwide. |
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| Zimbabwe scored twice in a two-minute spell either side of halftime to beat Zambia 2-0 in an international friendly on Wednesday. Midfielder Willard Katsande found the target with a shot from the edge of the penalty area just before the break. Khama Billiat, Katsande's teammate at South African club Cape Town Ajax, then made it 2-0 a minute into the second half. |
