How to fix football (part 2)

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 first part here.

Presenter

François Picard

18/06/2013 - THE DEBATE

Brazil suddenly erupts

Triggered by inflation and corruption, fuelled by police brutality, Brazil’s biggest wave of protests in decades points to the rising aspirations of a generation - of which some are actually sick of football. One year ahead of the World Cup, François Picard’s panel argues over the next step for a so far leaderless movement.

17/06/2013 - THE DEBATE

Iran's new President: Change you can believe in? (part 2)

The election of Hassan Rohani catches most – but not all – of François Picard’s panel by surprise. Now with sanctions biting and the economy in a tailspin, will the ruling clerics dig in their heels or let the president-elect really reform?

17/06/2013 - THE DEBATE

Iran's new President: Change you can believe in?

13/06/2013 - THE DEBATE

Iran: What hope for the reformists? (part 2)

On the face of it, a boycott seems the most sensible option for those who supported the green revolution back in 2009 when Mahmoud Ahmedinedjad won his controversial second term. Yet there are suggestions that something unexpected may be happening in Iran. Melissa Bell and her panel discuss whether there is hope for the reformists on the eve of the presidential elections.