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Evening Standard
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Malik Ouzia

Felix Zwayer: UEFA stand by decision to appoint referee with match-fixing past for England semi-final

Uefa are standing by their controversial decision to appoint a referee once embroiled in a match-fixing scandal for England’s Euro 2024 semi-final with Netherlands.

German official Felix Zwayer was hit with a six-month ban after being found to have accepted a €300 (around £250) bribe from fellow referee Robert Hoyzer in 2005.

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