NEW DELHI: Two Indian football teams, each competing for promotion to a premier league scored 116 goals between them in separate matches after their opponents had clearly been paid off, press reports said yesterday.
The clubs in western India's Goa state, Curtorim and Wilfred, could be banned for life along with their opponents after notching up basketball-like scores of 61-1 and 55-1 respectively in a bid to sneak past each other, newspapers reported.
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