Rigging Scandal Doesn't Faze Many European Soccer Fans

from National Public Radio

A European police agency this week made what should have been a startling announcement: Hundreds of professional soccer matches around the world may have been rigged by gamblers in recent years. But the news was greeted inside the sport less as a shock than confirmation of a rampant problem. Robert Siegel speaks with sportswriter Stefan Fatsis about the investigation.

Broadcast Dates

• All Things Considered, February 8, 2013