FIFA investigates match-fixing claims

LONDON - Soccer's ruling body, FIFA, is investigating claims that more than 300 matches on three continents were influenced by match-fixers, The Daily Telegraph reported on Friday.

FIFA suspects match officials were paid as little as $10,000 to help engineer specific results in international friendly matches and European club games, netting fixers hundreds of millions of dollars on Asian betting markets.

"The threat from match-fixing to the integrity of the global game is significant," Chris Eaton, FIFA's head of security, confirmed to the British newspaper.