Police have launched an investigation into attempts to fix a World Cup friendly between Scotland and Nigeria that is due to be played in London on Wednesday.
Officers from the National Crime Agency, Britain’s equivalent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which investigates serious and organised crime, are understood to have asked FIFA to issue an alert over potential attempts to rig the game.
The football match is one of a sequence of friendlies that serve as a warm up for the World Cup in Brazil next month and is due to be played at Craven Cottage, the home of Fulham Football Club.
Premiership footballers are expected to play in Wednesday’s game, including Chelsea’s John Obi Mikel, Liverpool’s Victor Moses and Manchester United’s Darren Fletcher.
There is no suggestion that any of the players are involved.
There are growing fears that World Cup warm-up matches will be targeted by match fixers acting on behalf of illegal betting syndicates in the Far East.
In recent months, there have been a series of arrests following suspected attempts to fix matches in the lower English football leagues.
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