The Zimbabwe Football Association investigation has concluded that national team players had their elbows greased by an Asian betting syndicate in December 2009 to lose matches
The matches were played last year where Zimbabwe lost 3-0 to Thailand and 6-0 to Syria.
According to the report, money was sent from the betting syndicate to the ZIFA chief executive Henrietta Rushwaya.
A witness in the cases says “We were scored in the 44th minute but not by design”
“We were handsomely paid $1,000 [about £600] for losing. The money was paid at the airport as we were about to go home.”
The Zimbabwe nation football team is almost made up of locally-based players, unlike countries like Ghana and Nigeria who can boast of big cash players like Michael Essien, John Obi Mikel and Asamoah Gyan. So may be it no big deal. Is it?
it happened in italy too. (tho those were clubs, not national team)
still, No deal
many no big deal. this a country that you said under mugabi is facing money shortage. may be the officers should just be lashed and set free 9as they in afganistan)