Reuters

Soccer-Seven games under match-fixing microscope, says UEFA

Wed Nov 25, 10:32 AM

LONDON, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Seven European club matches, including one Champions League qualifier, are under investigation after last week's exposure of a match-fixing ring, UEFA said on Wednesday.

"From the original list of around 40 fixtures in Europe that were considered suspicious in terms of results, UEFA is today further investigating seven European club competition fixtures under its jurisdiction in more detail," said UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino in a statement.

"The five clubs involved are KF Tirana (Albania), FC Dinaburg (Latvia), KS Vllaznia (Albania), NK IB Ljubljana (Slovenia) and Budapest Honved (Hungary).

German police said on Friday that they had dismantled a gang with more than 200 suspected members operating in nine European leagues.

The matches were played in July and August this year.

(Reporting by Brian Homewood; editing by Miles Evans)

((brian.homewood@thomsonreuters.com; +41 79 917 1402; Reuters Messaging: brian.homewood.reuters.com@reuters.net; For the latest Reuters Premier League and international football news see: http://football.uk.reuters.com/; For the new Reuters sports blog Left Field go to: http://blogs.reuters.com/sport/))