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“There are fixed games in Russian football”

Published: 18 June, 2009, 14:48


The problem of fixed games exists in Russian football, with one or two suspicious matches every season, says Marc Bennetts, author of 'Football Dynamo - Modern Russia and the People's Game'.

 
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