In addition to the players involved, there was also a network of representatives and former players participating. These offered ongoing services or cash on the condition that the players agree to do their bidding when they asked.<\/strong><\/p>\nAs that initial investigation began, evidence surfaced of widespread manipulation. This led to details about some of the people allegedly turning athletes. Police conducted multiple raids, which provided them with more evidence to widen their net. The investigation continues as authorities try to determine how deep the illegal activity runs.<\/p>\n
AFA Expands Exposure to Argentine Soccer<\/h2>\n
AFA hopes additional exposure to the country’s soccer games will help it stay in a good light. Only days after the Argentine National Team took down Estonia in a friendly match, with five goals from Lionel Messi, AFA announced a new agreement for the transmission of content. The organization is teaming up with OneFootball, a German media company.<\/p>\n
As a result, the content and entertainment platform AFA Play will deliver Argentine soccer to fans in more than just Latin America and Spain. The agreement initially runs for two seasons and each game costs \u20ac1.99 (US$2.07) to watch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Around the world, initiatives are in place to try to eliminate incidences of match-fixing in sports. However, Argentina’s sports ecosystem is apparently plagued with athletes who rig games for money, with new allegations surfacing. At least two players from Club Comunicaciones, a third division (Primera B) soccer team, face allegations that they bet against their […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":217512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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