Scudamore's plans received a mixed reaction around the world, with the heads of the Asian Football Confederation and Football Federation Australia, which could host any proposed games, rejecting the idea, while Uefa chief Michel Platini called it a "nonsense".
The AFL, the NRL, the Football Federation of Australia, Australian Rugby Union and Cricket Australia have agreed to establish integrity units and have called on athletes to own up and co-operate in return for reduced sanctions.
"Wherever criminals are involved in influencing players, there is the risk they will use that influence over players to fix matches, " added Mr. Clare, flanked by the heads of some of the nation's biggest sporting organizations, including the National Rugby League and Australia Football League.
Despite losing out in the first round of voting for 2022, Australia's Football Federation chief executive Ben Buckley thought the Australian bid had strengthened his country's reputation.
Britain's sportsmen, feeble up to now, are winning things (beating Australia at cricket and Italy at football, for heaven's sake).
Mr Harrison, from Northumberland, used his contacts as a football agent to attract players from 11 countries including Japan, Australia, Madagascar and Ghana to the club.
Australia's fine run has done great things for football - or soccer as we call it - in this country.
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Meanwhile, Smith will take the squad to Australia on 20 July for the inaugural Sydney Festival of Football to play pre-season matches against Sydney FC, Blackburn Rovers and AEK Athens.
Neill, who is also the Australia captain, was keen to secure regular first-team football after the Socceroos qualified for next summer's World Cup in South Africa.
Australia's Socceroos are also a growing force in international football.
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But in the qualifying matches the previous year, a triumph over Australia in Melbourne had brought unexpected problems, showing the fickle side of football.
Representing the Asia-Pacific region of FIFA, the world soccer association, under the auspices of the Asian Football Confederation (with 46 member nations) at the 2010 South Africa World Cup venue are four teams: Australia, South Korea, North Korea and Japan.
In January a new SportsCenter debuted in Australia and New Zealand, opening with a montage of clips from homegrown sports like rugby and Australian Rules football matches.
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