The phantom menace

Ed Hawkins reports on the threat of football's 'ghost games' – matches that can cost a bookmaker thousands without a ball ever being kicked The routine checks were made. FC Slutsk had beaten their fellow Belarussian side, Shakter Soligorsk, 2-1 in a friendly. The winners confirmed in a statement in Russian that the match had taken place. There was a report of the game on Shaktar’s website. So Celton Manx – based on the Isle of Man – wh...