HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s sports minister has called on police to investigate match-fixing allegations made against the national soccer team over its tour of Thailand and Malaysia in December 2009.
David Coltart wants police to look into the claims made in a report compiled by the Zimbabwe Football Association that players and officials accepted money from Asian betting syndicates to lose both matches.
Zimbabwean FA President Cuthbert Dube says no action has been taken yet because the investigation could be widened to include previous trips to Southeast Asia, dating to 2007.
But Coltart told The Associated Press on Monday that the report “must initiate police investigation right now” as these are “very, very serious allegations.”
