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TWO ARMENIAN REFEREES BANNED FOR MATCH-FIXING
The New Age Online, South Africa
Aug 7 2013
Two Armenian referees have been suspended for match-fixing after
they admitted attempting to manipulate a Europa League qualifier,
UEFA announced Wednesday.
Match referee Andranik Arsenyan and assistant, Hovhannes Avagyan,
both admitted to the Armenian football federation (HFF) trying to
fix the second leg of the first qualifying round match between Inter
Turku of Finland and Vikingur of the Faroes on July 11 this year.
Vikingkur won the game 1-0 to take the tie 2-1 on aggregate.
"The UEFA betting fraud detection system (BFDS) which monitors over
32,000 matches across Europe, including all first-division and UEFA
competition games had detected suspicious betting patterns around this
fixture, and this prompted the start of an investigation by UEFA to
which the HFF contributed closely," said a UEFA statement.
The case will be dealt with by UEFA's Control and Disciplinary Body
on August 22.
- Sapa-AFP (Picture: Reuters)
http://www.thenewage.co.za/103916-10-53-Two_Armenian_referees_banned_for_matchfixing
The New Age Online, South Africa
Aug 7 2013
Two Armenian referees have been suspended for match-fixing after
they admitted attempting to manipulate a Europa League qualifier,
UEFA announced Wednesday.
Match referee Andranik Arsenyan and assistant, Hovhannes Avagyan,
both admitted to the Armenian football federation (HFF) trying to
fix the second leg of the first qualifying round match between Inter
Turku of Finland and Vikingur of the Faroes on July 11 this year.
Vikingkur won the game 1-0 to take the tie 2-1 on aggregate.
"The UEFA betting fraud detection system (BFDS) which monitors over
32,000 matches across Europe, including all first-division and UEFA
competition games had detected suspicious betting patterns around this
fixture, and this prompted the start of an investigation by UEFA to
which the HFF contributed closely," said a UEFA statement.
The case will be dealt with by UEFA's Control and Disciplinary Body
on August 22.
- Sapa-AFP (Picture: Reuters)
http://www.thenewage.co.za/103916-10-53-Two_Armenian_referees_banned_for_matchfixing