El Salvador players refuse bribe for world cup qualifier game , page 1

posted on Sep, 6 2016 @ 06:23 AM

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Reports from BBC in which the players from the el Salvador national team have claimed an attempt to bribe them into fixing a world cup qualifying game against Canada.

El Salvador's national football team say they have refused a bribe to fix Tuesday's World Cup 2018 qualifying game against Canada.

At a news conference, team members played an audio recording of the person allegedly offering various incentives.

Full story here on the BBC sports website.

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These guys deserve a pat on the back for not accepting.. Let's hope there are no repercussions for them.

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tadaman

posted on Sep, 6 2016 @ 08:13 AM

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The whole football industry is run like a mafia.

Its why I never really got into it, since of all sports its the only one I actually like....but its all rigged and BS.

Crap world we live in. Cant even play football with honor.

I tip my hat to these guys though.

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JDeLattre89

posted on Sep, 6 2016 @ 08:52 AM

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It's 1919, but for football (soccer).