FIFA, Interpol team up to fight match-fixing

AP, Tuesday 3 May 2011

FIFA and international police agency Interpol will meet next week to step up football's fight against match-fixing and corrupt betting

FIFA says its president Sepp Blatter and Interpol secretary general Ronald Noble will announce progress after a session scheduled Monday at FIFA headquarters.

Blatter has acknowledged football's problem with international matches being organized specifically for betting scams.

In February, two friendly matches _ involving Latvia and Bolivia, Estonia and Bulgaria _ were played in Turkey where all seven goals were scored from penalties.

FIFA charged six match officials from Hungary and Bosnia over their alleged part in the fixes.

A Singaporean man who organized the matches has not been traced.

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