An Italian court has ordered the referees involved in the 2006 match-fixing scandal to pay $5.25 million in damages to the Italian Football Federation.
Referee selector Paolo Bergamo received the heaviest fine of $1.31 million on Wednesday, while colleague Pierluigi Pairetto has to pay $1.05 million. ...
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Kicking Back Comments: And well deserved I may add. Sounds like a NBA case from recent history. That guy got what he deserved too. Jail time and all.
Pierluigi Pairetto was a referee at the 1994 World Cup in the USA
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ReplyDeleteMatch fixing at the World Cup?
Makes you wonder.
Thanks for reading.
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