Sentence examples for influencing match from inspiring English sources
A convicted match-fixer, Wilson Raj Perumal, had earlier lifted the lid on a world that relies on influencing match officials and players to manipulate the estimated $200bn-plus 200bn-plusttillegalkets in Asia and the far east.
The officials were found guilty of "passive corruption" and "unlawfully influencing match results" by Fifa's disciplinary committee.
As Gary Neville said earlier in the week: "He's been influencing matches since he was 17 and he's still contributing now.
In July 2012 the 60-year-old was convicted of establishing a criminal organisation and illegally influencing matches, but was soon released from prison for time already served.
It started early, with the South African cricket captain Hansie Cronje admitting to accepting money from gamblers to influence match results and Spain even finding a way to cheat in the 2000 Paralympics.
Thus, expert power could be most effective as an influence tactic when the objectives of the person being influenced match those of the leader.
In his previous 11 games with the Sounders, Dempsey had scored only twice, with his in-game influence matching his pedestrian numbers.
The first third of the season has brought some glorious moments, and there was confirmation again of the capacity of Lanzini and Payet to influence matches, not to mention some fine thrust down the right from Victor Moses.
In a statement read by the South African sports minister, Ngconde Balfour, Cronje said he had pretended to influence matches with alleged bookies who contacted him but had no intention of doing so.
The circumstances in which Thomson trained and played for one full season in the north-east offer a strong mitigating argument against his failure to influence matches as Mowbray knew he had previously done.
It will make China a third sphere of regulatory influence, matching the power of the European Union and the United States, according to legal specialists in this country and in China who have studied it.
