Brazil’s Senate has created a commission to investigate soccer match-fixing. The move comes amid allegations from the top shareholder of a team that dominated the national league throughout most of
Brazil's Senate on Wednesday installed a commission to investigate soccer match-fixing amid allegations from the top shareholder of a team that dominated the national league throughout most of last year but failed to clinch the championship. The 11 senators chosen for the commission will probe accusations involving players, team owners and sports betting companies. John Textor, an American executive whose Eagle Football runs Rio de Janeiro-based club Botafogo, will be the first person summoned t
Brazil's Senate on Wednesday signed off on President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's nomination of Justice Minister Flavio Dino to the Supreme Court, paving the way for the minister to take on a seat that had been vacant since late September. Two senators abstained from the vote. Dino, who will replace former Justice Rosa Weber following her September retirement, was Lula's second appointment to Brazil's top court since he took office in January for his third non-consecutive term as president.
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