How to fix football

Blame the Internet for football’s ever-widening match-fixing problems. So do you ban online betting or better regulate it? François Picard’s panel suggests cutting out spot betting and stiffer sentences for footballers caught in the act of taking bribes.

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By Anelise Borges

Declan HILL. Investigative journalist. Author, "The Fix: Soccer and Organized Crime" (from Toronto);
Andreas EVAGORA. Deputy Head of News, Eurosport;
Michel KOUTOUZIS. Criminologist. Consultant for the UN and EU institutions;
Mark OWEN. France 24.

Produced by François Picard, Anelise Borges, Mary Colombel, Christopher Davis.

Watch the second part here.

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François Picard

16/05/2013 - THE DEBATE

Hollande's rebuttal: French president meets the press (part 2)

In the face of recession and dismal poll numbers, the French president promises to go on the offensive, but by staging his grand bi-annual press conference one day after a trip to Brussels, does François Hollande give the impression he’s come with his marching orders?

16/05/2013 - THE DEBATE

Hollande's rebuttal: French president meets the press

15/05/2013 - THE DEBATE

I spy, you spy

And you thought the Cold War was over. Beyond cloak-and-dagger tales of blonde wigs and bags of money, the expulsion of an alleged US spy highlights the continued and unabated mistrust between Moscow and Washington.

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14/05/2013 - THE DEBATE

Riots in Paris: why Paris Saint-Germain title celebrations turned sour (part 2)

A case of poorly-anticipated hooliganism, or were Monday's Right Bank riots symptomatic of a deeper-rooted problem in France that goes well beyond football? François Picard's panel looks at how Paris Saint-Germain's past could haunt its new Qatari owners.