With the Brazilian hosted world Cup imminent and much
negative press about locals clashing with the police, drug violence and gangs,
it is sad to read to the greatest footballer ever has family problems too. Pele’s
43 year old son, Edinho, has been sentenced to 33 years imprisonment for
laundering drug-trafficking money. It seemed like a perfect inheritance when
Edinho stepped out to play, as a goalkeeper, for his father’s famous club,
Santos, but distractions led him to jail between 2005 and 2006 for drug
trafficking and clearly he has not learned his lesson.
With the bribery allegations related to Qatar’s successful World
Cup bid, the World Cup is having rocky moments, without a ball being kicked.
The first known betting scandal in football occurred on Good
Friday 1915 when Manchester United beat Liverpool 2-0 at Old Trafford, winning
points that would help United avoid relegation. The referee noticed that
Liverpool players were not trying very hard! Later it was rumoured that a large
sum of money had been placed on that result at 7-1 and the FA, after an
investigation, uncovered a fix carried out by players from both teams. Jackie
Sheldon who had played for both teams master minded it. All seven players
involved were banned for life, but that did not seem to matter much, since they
all went off to fight in the war. United came third from bottom and Chelsea and Tottenham were "relegated"
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