US EditionTurkey investigating over 150 referees for betting on soccer matches
- Turkey's Football Federation announced it will take disciplinary action against referees involved in betting, after discovering that 371 of its 571 active referees have betting accounts and 152 are actively gambling.
- TFF President Ibrahim Haciosmanoglu stated that some referees placed an enormous number of bets, with one referee placing 18,227 wagers and 42 others betting on more than 1,000 games each.
- Sanctions under TFF rules for those found guilty of betting can range from three-month bans to one-year suspensions, with immediate disciplinary actions confirmed by TFF's internal investigations.
- The findings come during a turbulent time for Turkish football, as fans call for reforms and accountability from the TFF.
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A few days after the revelations in the basketball professional league NBA, the headlines belong to Turkish football. According to the president of the football association TFF, a Ref alone placed more than 18,000 sports betting.
In Turkey, a bad betting scandal is spreading. Hundreds of referees are suspected. Top clubs are indignant.
Turkish football and in particular the arbitration world trembles. The president of the Turkish national federation, Ibrahim Haciosmanoglu, stated that 152 referees placed bets on the matches. A statement on the Tff website (the national federation in question) states that seven of the 152 were high-level referees and 15 other high-level arbitration assistants. Based on the data received by the Tff, 371 of the 571 race officers in active profess…
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