Russian soccer referees have been bribed, beaten and even murdered...

Lord Triesman’s World Cup bribery allegations have been given credence by Russia’s leading football analyst, who claims his country is unfit to host the tournament.

In a startling twist to the former Football Association chairman’s controversial comments, Alexander Bubnov, a former player turned TV pundit, said Russian referees are no longer used in major competitions because of suspicions about match-fixing.

And he claimed the scale of corruption surrounding the game in his country has made its bid to stage the finals in 2018 ‘unrealistic’. There were no Russian officials at Euro 2008 and none has been selected for next month’s World Cup. More...

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