Report: UEFA suspects match-fixing in Russia

UEFA has reportedly informed Russian officials that it suspects several domestic league games have been affected by match-fixing this season.

Russian daily newspaper Vremya Novostei on Wednesday cited a letter it said UEFA sent to the Russian Football Union in September alleging suspect betting patterns on six matches.

The clubs involved allegedly include Krylya Sovietov, Terek Grozny, Spartak Nalchik, Tom Tomsk and Amkar Perm from the Premier League, and four clubs from the first division.

RFU executive director Alexei Sorokin dismissed the correspondence as a routine affair, saying the suspect betting patterns are determined through an …