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All you soccer-playing kids out there, your involvement doesn't have to stop when the orange slices and juice boxes are gone. You can quit your favorite team sport but still remain in soccer if you manage to learn how to fix a match.
Apparently, though we know it's not uncommon, it's more prevalent than you suspect. Freelance journalist Declan Hill has written The Fix: Soccer and Organized Crime, enough to bring tears to your incredulous eyes when the underdog miraculously upends a footballing powerhouse. An excerpt of Hill's book is in the Sunday Telegraph.
Given the sheer amount of cash swapping hands in the global game, you'd have to be naive to believe there's no hanky-panky going one. Tied to a huge betting industry, with dubious agents, bungs and the wonder that is calcio, a topic that is rarely spoken about will no doubt now come to the forefront.
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