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BRASILIA, Brazil — Brazil's Senate has opened another inquiry into match-fixing in the country's top soccer divisions. The move comes a year after a sprawling investigation by prosecutors linked 26 people, including players, businesspeople and sports executives, to criminal betting schemes. The 1994 World Cup winner Romario de Souza Faria made the request for the inquiry last week. A similar investigation in the country's lower house ended in frustration six months ago.
