Hoyzer confesses to fixing four games

THE referee at the centre of the German match-fixing scandal has confessed to successfully fixing four fixtures, according to the German Football Association.

In addition to the primary fixture being investigated the German Cup match between Paderborn and Hamburg Robert Hoyzer has admitted to manipulating the result in the games between Wuppertal and Werder Bremen amateurs (May 30, 2004), Eintracht Braunschweig against St Pauli (June 5) and LR Ahlen against Wacker Burghausen (October 22).

The findings were revealed by the DFB yesterday.