FIFA: No substance to Nigeria match-fixing claims

FIFA tonight insisted that there has been no indication of any match-fixing situations at the World Cup following reports that they had been warned over Nigeria.

FIFA tonight insisted that there has been no indication of any match-fixing situations at the World Cup following reports that they had been warned over Nigeria.

The world governing body issued a statement after BBC Two’s 'Newsnight' programme reported that a UEFA investigator had warned FIFA before the tournament that the Nigeria team could be vulnerable to match-fixing.

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