The English Football Association has charged four players for breaching its code of conduct relating to betting on a match they were involved with.  The match in question was the Accrington Stanley vs. Bury League Two match in May 2008, the incident was brought to light by suspicious betting activity surrounding the match. Three players [...]

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UK bookmakers William Hill and Blue SQ have reported some betting irregularities on the Blue Square Premier game between Grays Athletic and Forest Green Rovers.  Grays won the game 2-1 after being 1-0 down and then scored twice in 50 seconds to win the game. Both of the companies reported that they had seen large [...]

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The Gulf state of Qatar on Monday announced its intention to be one of the countries bidding to be the host nation for the FIFA World Cup in 2018, and if it fails in that it will fallback to the 2022 World Cup. The General Secretary of the Qatar Football Federation; Saud Al Mohannadi said [...]

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