Police Investigate Match-Fixing Claims For Scotland-Nigeria World Cup Friendly

Police "have launched an investigation into attempts to fix a World Cup friendly" between Scotland and Nigeria that is due to be played in London on Wednesday, according to Newell & Watt of the London TELEGRAPH. Officers from the National Crime Agency, Britain's equivalent of the FBI which investigates serious and organized crime, asked FIFA "to issue an alert over potential attempts to rig the game." The football match "is one of a sequence of friendlies that serve as a warm up for the World Cup" and is due to be played at Craven Cottage, the home of Fulham FC. There "are growing fears that World Cup warm-up matches will be targeted by match fixers acting on behalf of illegal betting syndicates in the Far East" (TELEGRAPH, 5/27).