While this story has been on major media coverage over the past few days - including mainstream news as well as sport news, it has hardly rated a mention in the Singapore press. How curious!
Neither the online morning news summary from the Straits Times, nor headlines have mentioned this article. Yet, the criminal gang involved is reputed to be Singapore based.
This matches a previous issue in which a Singapore national is now in jail in Finland over matchfixing and bribery activities related to soccer, plus the long festering sore over alleged matchfixing and bribery in soccer in both Malaysia and Singapore.
IT IS NEWS.........whether positive or negative, and a decent free press would be reporting it.
The story has major implications for the world game..........everywhere. And making the public aware of the issues is important.
In Australia it is certainly causing those invoved with soccer to increase vigilance about the probity of games, with FFA chief executive David Gallop admitting match-fixing "has the potential to cause serious damage to the integrity and image of any sport".
"While our national code of conduct contains strong provisions relating to betting and match-fixing, as a governing body we have put significant processes in place to try and safeguard against betting and match-fixing-related issues," Gallop said.
"We have also taken steps to enter into product fee and integrity agreements with a number of betting operators in Australia and, most recently, we've commenced a partnership with Sportradar (which has expertise in monitoring football matches).
"We are determined in our efforts to eliminate the potential of match-fixing from football."
FFA signed with Sportradar in December. The company's list of clients includes UEFA, the English, German, French and Scottish FAs and the Italian Lega Pro.
So be it...........
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