Korea Introduces Double Pay, Polygraphs to Weed Out Soccer Graft
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South Korea’s elite soccer league will double players’ pay and introduce lie-detector tests after more than 50 team members were indicted for match fixing.
The K-League is also revising regulations to strip teams of the right to compete in the Asian Champions League if players are found guilty of match fixing, the Seoul-based soccer competition said today in a statement on its website.