Football: Korea, China, Japan battle match-fixing

The Korea Football Association will join forces with their counterparts in Japan and China to tackle match-fixing.

SEOUL: The Korea Football Association (KFA) will join forces with their counterparts in Japan and China to tackle match-fixing and illegal gambling that has plagued soccer in the region. The KFA said the widening match-fixing scandal, which led to the arrest of five K-League players, has battered the game’s image in Korea and a joint effort was required to deal with the threat. “The recent turn of events surrounding match-fixing has betrayed the fans’ trust and disgraced the name of our sport,” said KFA Chairman Cho Chung-yun.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 5^th, 2011