Hmm... We really have very serious doubts about the real value and athletic honesty of the FIFA World Cup, the World Series, the Superbowl and such huge events. and if you feel that we are wrong, tell us.

Good Lord! It finally comes to an end today. Such events are textbook mass-hysteria cases.

And now we know if for a fact: Italians do fix the results, at least within Italy, and if you look back at the 1990 World Cup that took place in Italy and pay attention to the matches that the Italian team "won" until they met Argentina and were eliminated despite the fact that the referee extended the match for fifteen minutes with no explanation at all, you will see that the record of the Italian national team is doubutful too.

So, does Italy really deserve the title of world champion or it should be passed on to France?

Probably the world of football is following the path of boxing.

I guess that the Olympic Games may have some rigging or pressuring too: NBA players, at least a few years ago, were "saved" from all sorts of drug tests during olympic competitions. The key of the agreement was that the olympic games would enjoy the highly attractive presence of famous NBA players in exchange for some leniency regarding controls because, in my view, they might be using within the USA substances that may be legal there, but not so according to olympic rules.

So, they wouldn´t like to lay waste to the careers of NBA superstar by "technicalities."

This could be considered rigging too... hmmm.

Yes, I have hears such rumours too, but let´s be a little careful, because urban myths abound and not all have been proved.