Poland's football federation chief to quit

Michal Listkiewicz, the head of Poland's embattled PZPN football federation, will quit his post on October 27 during a general meeting, a PZPN spokesman revealed on Monday.

Under pressure to quit over a mounting match-fixing scandal in the Polish league, Listkiewicz is expected to make his decision public at the above mentioned date, PZPN spokesman Pawel Kocieba told the Polish PAP news agency.

The Polish federation has been under fire from fans after Poland's disappointing first round exit from this summer's World Cup final.

Meanwhile, Polish justice officials have arrested some 40 PZPN authorised referees, PZPN observers and players on charges of match-fixing in a year-long probe which suggests corruption is wide-spread in all levels of Polish football.

Polish prosecutors and the Ministry of Sport have also launched audits of PZPN files at the headquarters in Warsaw aimed at determining whether the federation's top authorities were involved in match-fixing or other wrongdoing.

Source:www.supersoccer.co.za