Report: UEFA informs Russian football officials of suspected match-fixing in domestic games
By APWednesday, October 21, 2009
Report: UEFA suspects match-fixing in Russia
MOSCOW — The European soccer governing body has reportedly informed Russian officials that it suspects several domestic league games have been affected by match-fixing this season.
Russian daily newspaper Vremya Novostei on Wednesday cited a letter it said UEFA sent to the Russian Football Union in September alleging suspicious betting patterns on six matches.
The clubs involved allegedly include Krylya Sovietov, Terek Grozny, Spartak Nalchik, Tom Tomsk and Amkar Perm from the Premier League, and four clubs from the first division.
RFU executive director Alexei Sorokin called the correspondence a routine affair, noting the suspect betting patterns were determined through an automatic analysis and open to fault.
He says an investigation was under way.
