April 14 – Asian football has been rocked by yet another match-fixing scandal, this time involving 11 players of the high-flying Vissai Ninh Binh club.
The owner of the club is reported as admitting that his players told police they had conspired to fix the result of an Asian Football Confederation Cup game against Malaysia’s Kelantan last month after placing bets with a bookmaker.
According to state-run media, Vissai Ninh Binh, who employ many of the Vietnamese national side, have pulled out of their domestic league pending an investigation but this could not be confirmed.
In 2005, several Vietnamese national team players were convicted of fixing an international match.
In the latest incident, the players involved apparently received around 800 million dong ($38,000) for fixing a March 18 away game against Malaysia’s Kelantan. The Vietnamese team trailed Kelantan 1-2 in the first half, but scored twice in the second to win 3-2. The 2013 Vietnamese Cup champions made their AFC Cup debut this season and had progressed to the knockout stages with a game to spare.
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