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Original Source: CNBC/DOW JONES BUSINESS VIDEO ANALYST INTERVIEW
ROSS WESTGATE, CNBC ANCHOR: Now most teams competing in the World Cup, Christine, have hot weather and fitness to worry about. But the Italian team have a pending court case, the country`s biggest ever sports trial begins today with four major teams accused of match-fixing. At stake potentially the future of Italian football and the multibillion-dollar business. For more, we are joined by Kevin Roberts, editorial director at SportBusiness International. Essentially here we have got three Serie A, which is a league -- one in Italy, facing these charges of match-fixing. It could see them relegated to the second division. Commercially, if that happens, what -- how big is the impact?
KEVIN ROBERTS, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR, SPORTBUSINESS INTERNATIONAL: For -- not only for the teams themselves, but for Italian football, for their broadcast partners and for their sponsors, there is...
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