{"id":339165,"date":"2011-03-26T00:20:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-26T00:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/26\/blatter-urges-govt-help-to-tackle-match-fixing\/"},"modified":"2011-03-26T00:20:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-26T00:20:00","slug":"blatter-urges-govt-help-to-tackle-match-fixing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/26\/blatter-urges-govt-help-to-tackle-match-fixing\/","title":{"rendered":"Blatter urges govt help to tackle match-fixing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"52\">\n<p><span>FIFA<\/span> <span>President Sepp Blatter warned Friday that the risk of match-fixing was huge and called on governments to help stamp out illegal betting which was threatening sport.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;The threat of match-fixing in sport is a major one,&#8221; said Blatter in his opening speech at the Sports Funding, Sponsoring and Sports Betting Congress here.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;Match fixing shakes the very foundations of sport, namely fair play, respect and discipline. 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