{"id":12512,"date":"2025-03-29T18:14:49","date_gmt":"2025-03-29T18:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/patrick-matasi-kenya-keeper-suspended-amid-match-fixing-investigation\/"},"modified":"2025-03-29T18:14:49","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T18:14:49","slug":"patrick-matasi-kenya-keeper-suspended-amid-match-fixing-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/patrick-matasi-kenya-keeper-suspended-amid-match-fixing-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrick Matasi: Kenya keeper suspended amid match-fixing investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Kenya goalkeeper Patrick Matasi has been provisionally suspended from all football activity in the country for 90 days amid an investigation into allegations of match manipulation.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Football Kenya Federation (FKF) took the decision on Thursday evening, hours after the governing body announced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/articles\/cqlyqp0en07o\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">it had launched an investigation<\/a> into the 37-year-old.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The case arose after a video posted online appeared to show the keeper agreeing a deal to influence the outcome of a game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The BBC has not been able to verify the video, which is undated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Matasi plays for Kenyan Premier League club Kakamega Homeboyz and has won over 30 international caps.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He has not responded to multiple requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The owner of Kakamega Homeboyz, Cleophas Shimanyula, said that Matasi denied the allegations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;He was shocked at what he was seeing in the video and he told me he doesn&#8217;t know about match-fixing,&#8221; Shimanyula told BBC Sport Africa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Kakamega Homeboyz is against any form of match manipulation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Matasi&#8217;s most recent appearance for Kenya came in a 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Cameroon last October.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Harambee Stars lost the game 4-1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The FKF said it would work with world governing body Fifa, the Confederation of African Football and other &#8220;relevant authorities&#8221; during its investigation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/articles\/ce8y8y37ynwo\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kenya goalkeeper Patrick Matasi has been provisionally suspended from all football activity in the country for 90 days amid an investigation into allegations of match manipulation. Football Kenya Federation (FKF) took the decision on Thursday evening, hours after the governing body announced it had launched an investigation into the 37-year-old. 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