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| DJ Campbell held in football fixing probe | DJ Campbell held in football fixing probe |
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| Former Premiership footballer DJ Campbell is among six people being questioned in connection with allegations of fixing in football matches, his club have confirmed. | |
| Mr Campbell, who plays for Championship side Blackburn, was one of six people arrested on Sunday. | Mr Campbell, who plays for Championship side Blackburn, was one of six people arrested on Sunday. |
| The arrests came after ex-Portsmouth player Sam Sodje told a reporter he could arrange for players to be booked or sent off in exchange for cash. | The arrests came after ex-Portsmouth player Sam Sodje told a reporter he could arrange for players to be booked or sent off in exchange for cash. |
| Portsmouth FC said it was "shocked". | Portsmouth FC said it was "shocked". |
| Mr Campbell, 32, played in the Premier League for Birmingham, Blackpool and QPR. | |
| Blackburn Rovers FC said in a statement: "Following reports in today's national media, Blackburn Rovers can confirm that striker DJ Campbell has been arrested. | |
| "The club will be making no further comment on what is now an ongoing legal matter." | |
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| The names of the five others being held have not been confirmed. | |
| Mr Sodje was secretly filmed by the Sun on Sunday describing how he punched an opponent in a League One game to get a red card in exchange for £70,000. | |
| He was sent off in the 50th minute of a League One match while playing for Portsmouth against Oldham Athletic on 23 February. | |
| The paper also reported that an Oldham player, Cristian Montano, apologised to Mr Sodje after failing to get a yellow card in the first half of a match against Wolves on 22 October. | |
| And it said that Mr Sodje's brother Akpo, a striker at Tranmere Rovers, had said he would be prepared to be paid to be booked. | |
| The allegations prompted the National Crime Agency to launch an inquiry. | |
| "An active NCA investigation is now under way and we are working closely with the Football Association and the Gambling Commission," it said in a statement. | |
| "Six people are in custody and are being questioned by NCA officers. We cannot comment further at this stage." |