the top players and millions. but, at the other end of the scale, players are paid just a few hundred pounds. the football industry worldwide is worth billions, and even in lower leagues, huge amounts can be made both legally and illegally. it can be big profits and buying and selling players but also through gambling. in the welsh premier league alone, £160 million is gambled on matches every year, and that s just the money we know about. more is gambled on black markets across the world. go! go! and it s money that can attract the wrong kind of people to the sport. i think it s fair to say that corruption has always been around football. kevin carpenter is a lawyer, specialising in sports integrity, and he has advised football authorities across europe. more specifically we are talking about match fixing, we re talking of money issues of conflicts of interest, bribery, so all those kinds of times, within this broad idea of corruption within football. with more money coming
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this hello this is bbc news. i m lewis vaughan jones. the headlines. the government says it s very concerned over upsetting scenes at the champions league final, as fans were tear gassed in paris. ukraine s president volodyrmyr zelensky has made a rare trip outside kyiv, to visit the city of kharkiv. heavy fighting is continuing in eastern ukraine, where russian forces are trying to capture the city of severo donetsk. the russian ambassador to the uk tells the bbc that moscow will not use tactical nuclear weapons in the battle for ukraine. president biden is visiting the texan city of uvalde, after a teenage gunman killed 19 children and two teachers. one of the greatestjockey s of all time lester piggott, who won the derby nine times, has died at the age of 86. now on bbc news. the hidden world of football. bbc wales investigates goes undercover to examine corruption in lower league football. 0h! go and wake your kids up something special is happening here tonight. unbel
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