06 June 2011
Italian footballers arrested in betting scandal
イタリアのサッカー選手が賭博スキャンダル
Summary
One of Italy’s most famous former footballers has been arrested along with 15 other players. They are accused of pre-arranging the outcome of games. The fallout could affect the battle for promotion to the top division, Serie A.
イタリアで最も有名な前サッカー選手が１５人の他の選手と共に逮捕された。彼らは試合の結果を事前に打ち合わせたかどで告訴されている。 この余波はトップディヴィジョンのセリエAへの昇格の闘いに影響しかねない。
fallout：余波（？）
Vocabulary
to cast a shadow over：to make something look bad or less impressive
diminutive：very small ちっぽけな
looking into：investigating
betting scam：illegal or dishonest scheme for making money, based around betting on sports (here, football games) ＊a phishing scam：フィッシング詐欺
household names：people who are very famous, and well known by people
wrongdoing：acting in a bad or illegal way
match-fixing：illegal scheme which involves criminals paying footballers to make sure a game ends in a particular way (e.g. one team loses) 八百長
betting syndicate：group of people who work together to gain money by betting on sports 賭博シンジケート
spiked：drugged 薬物を与えた
relegated：here, moved down from one football league to the one below it
＜爺追加＞
battered faith：たたき潰された信用