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SEOUL, South Korea -- For all the new investment and advancements driving unprecedented growth in Asian football, its an old problem that is still causing concern at the grassroots.Billions have been invested in Super Leagues in China and India, the 2022 World Cup is coming to Qatar and the flow of players to Europe is on the rise, giving Asia some prominence in the global game, but regional soccer administrators are still grappling with match fixing.The good news is, theyre fighting it.On Monday, the Asian Football Confederation suspended four players from the Laos national team on suspicion of match manipulation. All four were involved in Laos opening game against Sri Lanka at the inaugural Solidarity Cup, for the lower-ranked teams in the continent.Steve Darby is a former head coach of Laos -- he was in charge during its failed qualifying run for the 2018 World Cup -- and said he was shocked and angered by the news. Two of the four accused were in his team.They trained well and always gave 100 percent in matches. I trusted them, Darby told The Associated Press. One of the others I dropped from the squad but that was for form and nothing else.Darby said that, at least while he himself was in Laos, the fourth player -- a goalkeeper -- was not playing regularly at the top club level.He has made a rapid rise from about eighth choice to becoming the national team keeper, Darby noted. You have to ask how this occurred.Darby has seen it from a rival teams perspective. In 2014, nine players of Vietnamese club Ninh Binh were found guilty of match-fixing in an AFC Cup match with Malaysian club Kelantan, which Darby was coaching at the time.It is hard to accept when it is you that is being cheated, Darby said. Like in all southeast Asian nations, there are rumors -- some you think are feasible, some outlandish. You dont know who is fixing.Southeast Asia has long been regarded as a hotbed of match-fixing. Singapore, home to high-profile alleged match-fixers such as Dan Tan, has made recent progress in tackling the problem, according to Chris Eaton, FIFAs former head of security and now an independent sports integrity adviser.Singapore has taken decisive action to contain locally-bred match fixers, Eaton said. Singapore ultimately realized that it has a duty of care to all nations for its home-grown criminality.The problem is by no means contained to one region. In 2011, South Korea had a major scandal of its own with more than 50 players and coaches, past and present, charged with rigging matches.The countrys leading club Jeonbuk Motors, which is preparing for the final of the 2016 Asian Champions League later this month, is under the shadow of its own scandal.In September, the team was stripped of nine competition points by the K-League authorities after a club scout was convicted of bribing referees in 2013. The punishment cost the club, which denies any knowledge of wrongdoing, a third successive domestic title. It is also possible that the AFC will bar Jeonbuk, champion of Asia in 2006 and finalist in 2011, from entering the 2017 tournament.Chinese soccer had periodic outbreaks of corruption until the authorities got tough in 2010, jailing officials and referees.It has done a great deal over the past five years to address the problem with significant criminal prosecutions of players and referees, Eaton said, although adding that some level of fixing still exists.Eaton said if the Asian Football Confederation had really adopted a harsher and more proactive approaching to fighting match fixing, that will not only be good for regional football, but global football also.In a statement released to the AP, the AFC reiterated a zero tolerance to match manipulation and said it was determined to stamp it out.But Darby said while catching the players is necessary, more needs to be done to bring the orchestrators of corruption to justice.They have caught the foot soldiers but need to catch the generals, he said. If the players are guilty there is somebody above them, they cannot do this on their own.He points to illegal gambling as a major problem. Eaton agrees.Match-Fixing is absolutely and clearly holding Asian football back, Eaton said. The only way to drive organized crime out of sport is to deny it the money.He said reforming sports betting by legalizing it would help ensure it was regulated properly at national, regional and global levels.Oshane Ximines Youth Jersey . - Levi Browns tenure at left tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers is over before it even began. Phil Simms Jersey . After slipping from the summit during the week, the Gunners overcame struggling Crystal Palace 2-0 on Sunday thanks to Alex Oxlade-Chamberlains second-half brace. http://www.nygiantsfanaticshop.com/Black-Saquon-Barkley-Giants-Jersey.html?cat=938 . Hamelin, who triumphed in the 500 on Saturday, edged out Victor An of Russia by 0.021 seconds to maintain his lead in the World Cup standings. 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Still, Swansea (1-2-6) ended a four-game losing streak to give new manager Bob Bradley his first Premier League point.The first half was a stodgy affair, notable only for near-harmless long-range efforts from Swanseas Gylfi Sigurdsson and Watfords Etienne Capoue.After the break, Swansea took hold of possession, allowing Barrow to make progress up the wing and find Borja Baston, who flicked wide from close range. Shortly after, teammate Mike Van der HHoorn connected with a Sigurdsson free kick, only to see Heurelho Gomes pull off a brilliant point-blank save.dddddddddddd It was the Icelanders turn to be profligate after that when twice set up by Barrow. He first shot straight at Gomes from close range and then hit the base of the post.Watford (3-3-3) took heart from the misses and could have won it themselves at the death with Nordin Amrabat shooting over when released on the counter-attack by Odion Ighalo.There was still time for Kyle Naughton and Sigurdsson once again to plant decent opportunities straight into the keepers gloves, summing up a highly frustrating afternoon for the Swans. ' ' '