This is probably the first time when a national level soccer official has been sentenced to a jail term for his match fixing involvement. A former assistant national coach of South African national team Phil Setshedi has been punished for a seven years’ jail term for his attempt to fix a match back in 2011. He reportedly tried to bribe 2000 rands to a police officer, who was pretending to be a match referee in front of him, but caught red handed by the crime squad. The same coach has also been convicted of corruption in last December. Out of current eight years spell, he will serve only three years in jail as remaining term has been suspended by the hearing court. This is the first official from South African region to be convicted of match fixing especially after the shocking revelation by European investigators. European match investigation agency Europol revealed more than 680 matches which are suspected to be fixed few days ago and many of them are also related to South Africa. … [Read more...]