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Match fixing to Cast big Shadow Over World Cup: Chaibou took $100,000 to rig a friendly match in SA

JOHANNESBURG

Australia’s Matthew Leckie (right) vies for the ball with South Africa’s Thato Mokeke during their friendly match in Sydney.

A football referee named Ibrahim Chaibou walked into a bank in a small South African city carrying a bag filled with as much as $100,000 in $100 bills, according to another referee travelling with him.

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