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German match-fixing conviction upheld after appeal

Last year, Robert Hoyzer went on trial for rigging German soccer games that he refereed. Hoyzer was sentenced to 29 months. His conviction was upheld this morning following his appeal of the sentence. The federal appeals court rejected the prosecution’s request to overturn the convictions. Prosecutor Hartmut Schneider had argued that match-fixing could not be [...]

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Former German athletes sue over forced drug use

Karen König is the first of 137 former German Olympic athletes who may sue over being forced to take performance enhanding drugs in the mid 80s. The former East German sports system forced their athletes to take the drugs, but the committee no longer exists since the fall of the Berlin wall and the collapse [...]

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German match-fixing trials begin this week

The trial over match-fixing by referees and players in the German soccer league began this week. Of the six defendants in the case, 2 are referees, one was a player, and the other three were gamblers who bet on the games.

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