Irish football opens match-fixing investigation over friendly

Football Association of Ireland has opened a match-fixing investigation and provided details of the allegations to police. (Source: Twitter)

The Football Association of Ireland has opened a match-fixing investigation and provided details of the allegations to police.

The FAI says the alleged fixing concerned a friendly between League of Ireland Premier Division club Bray Wanderers and second-tier side Waterford on Friday.

The federation says “upon receipt of a complaint the FAI notified An Garda Siochanna (police) and the association has now launched an investigation into alleged breaches of FAI Rules.”