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Top Football Referee Jailed Over ‘Match Fixing For Sex’ Offer

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Top Football Referee Jailed Over 'Match Fixing For Sex' Offer
Jun 11th 2013, 22:28

Fix ... Ali Sabbagh jailed for six months
A corrupt football referee has been jailed for offering to fix matches in exchange for sex. Lebanese official Ali Sabbagh, who has been in charge of dozens of international matches - including World Cup qualifiers - was handed a six-month sentence.


Sabbagh, 34, along with his two assistant referees, pleaded guilty to rigging games in exchange for sexual favours at a court in Singapore. A judge told him: "One wonders how many international matches you could have gone on to fix."

The trio were caught after a huge investigation into corruption in football was launched.

Authorities believe a global crime ring could be responsible for fixing as many as 380 top international matches. The court heard Sabbagh, a PE teacher in Lebanon, was bribed with women in order to agree to fix games.

Prosecutors say Sabbagh and his assistants dealt with a crooked businessman called Ding Di Yang, who arranged the sex-for-fixes deal. Sabbagh's lawyer, Gary Low, said his client didn't benefit financially from the arrangement, which he described as "a single act of transgression".

His two assistant referees, Ali Eid, 33, and Abdallah Taleb, 37, were handed three-month sentences.

Reports say the match in question was and Asian Football Confederation Cup match on April 3 between Singapore club Tampines Rovers and India's East Bengal.
They were replaced before the games kicked off.

All three men are said to be willing to testify against Ding, who denies providing the officials with prostitutes.


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