A FIFA investigation has revealed that a notorious match-fixing agent helped organize suspicious friendly matches played by South Africa as it prepared to host the 2010 World Cup.
Jailed fixer Wilson Perumal appointed referees, including Niger official Ibrahim Chaibou, after being chosen to help the South Africa Football Association.
FIFA security director Chris Eaton said yesterday that Perumal was involved in convincing SAFA to
agree to a company then managed by him to select, fund and appoint referees to certain international matches played in 2010 which are now under investigation.
Eaton said no South African player had been implicated
Perumal was jailed in Finland last year after being convicted of fixing league matches there, and his evidence has led FIFA on a trail of match-fixing allegations worldwide - they're currently on a four-day trip to Southern Africa.
