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Valcke says Fifa is keeping an eye on the Zimbabwe corruption scandal<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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Fifa general secretary, Jerome Valcke says Zimbabwe players caught up in a match-fixing scam in the Far East should not be allowed to play football.<\/b><\/p>\n

Several players confessed in sworn statements to an official investigation that they were paid to lose matches in 2008 and 2009. <\/p>\n

All the players are, however, still playing for their respective clubs in South Africa and in Zimbabwe. <\/p>\n

“If someone has confessed then this person should not be playing any more,” Valcke told BBC Sport <\/p>\n

The internationals had admitted that they were paid to lose matches against Thailand, Malaysia and Syria. <\/p>\n

The only notable casualty of the scam thus far is former Zimbabwe Football Association chief executive Henriatta Rushwaya, who was sacked when the scandal came to light in December 2009. <\/p>\n

Zimbabwe FA vice-president Ndumiso Gumede told BBC Sport that the players and officials involved will soon discover their fate. <\/p>\n

He also said there is evidence that the scandal could go as far back as 2007. <\/p>\n

Valcke said players who have admitted to match-fixing should not be allowed to continue with their careers. <\/p>\n

“I will immediately ask our legal department to give me an update.” <\/p>\n

Fifa president Sepp Blatter also promised tough action on anyone implicated in the scandal. <\/p>\n

“I’m not fully aware of what happened with Zimbabwe but I promise Fifa will act to prevent these things happening in our sport,” Blatter told BBC Sport in Khartoum. <\/p>\n

Blatter said Fifa is committed to weeding out corruption in the game, and will not hesitate to hand out tough sanctions. <\/p>\n

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