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FIFA's head of security told SI.com that several games at the 2011 Gold Cup might have been fixed, confirming what a betting-industry insider also told SI: "The games involving Grenada (which lost three matches by a combined 15-1) and Cuba (which was outscored 16-1), the insider said, stood out: "It was the sort of thing where we sat around and said, 'Yeah, this looks like it's a 99 percent chance that it's bent.'"" [SI.com] More »
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When the wining World Cup bids were announced last year, it was hard not to wrinkle a Corrugator supercilii muscle. Russia had beat out luckless England for the 2018 World Cup. Even weirder was that Qatar had triumphed over the mighty USA for 2022. Now a squad of FBI agents attached to the "Eurasian organized crime" unit is looking into allegations that some people—ostensibly connected to the Russian bid—tried to hack the email accounts of the English and American bid teams. The United States was originally going after the 2018 tournament and would have been in competition with Russia, which has denied any mischief-making. FBI investigators recently questioned members of England's bid team about the hacking. More »
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Chuck Blazer, if you recall, is the FIFA executive who went public with bribery accusations against Mohammed bin Hammam, the only rival to Sepp Blatter during FIFA's presidential elections. (The charges torpedoed bin Hammam's candidacy.) Blazer is also the number two at CONCACAF. But not for long. The massive American announced today that he will be stepping down from his CONCACAF post on December 31, most likely during an orgiastic binge of food, drink and holiday lucre. A clove-studded ham? Gold bullion? Not even the IRS knows what the big man is hiding in that beard. More »
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Michael Bertin writes about soccer for Deadspin More »
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On the strength of a ridiculously good volley off the foot of someone named Benny Feilhaber, the United States men's soccer team continued their ownership of Mexico today, winning 2-1 and bringing home the CONCACAF Gold Cup. More »
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