The Whistle-Blower

Whats German for cheat? Football fans have decided: Every time a referee makes a bad call these days, the stands erupt with chants of Hoy-zer! Hoy-zer! Hoy-zer! Two weeks ago, German national-league referee Robert Hoyzer admitted fixing matches in 2003 and 2004. Hoyzer, 25, allegedly received j50,000 and a plasma TV to fix four matches by inventing penalties and sending off a player who complained. But that was just the start of a series of revelations that make this Germanys worst football-betting scandal in 34 yearstarnishing the countrys image just as it prepares to host the 2006 World Cup....