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India club say match-fixing approaches made on social media

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An Indian football club has written to the country’s governing body alleging several of their players has been approached via social media to fix matches.

Earlier this month, Minerva Punjab FC said two players were made offers of 3 million rupees ($47,218) through WhatsApp and Instagram as well as text messages and that they reported the matter to the All India Football Federation (AIFF).

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