By: Ujan Chakraborty

Top 5 Biggest Scandals in Soccer

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In the event that Manchester City is found guilty, among the potential consequences are relegation and subsequent penalties. Even oblivion has been advocated.

The 2006 Calciopoli scandal revealed that certain teams were using specific referees to manipulate match results. The incident involved a number of clubs, but Juventus was the primary culprit.

Several teams were associated with the incident, but Juventus was the main offender. As a result, they were banished to Serie B and deprived of the championship they had previously won during that time.

Just ten days after he scored a terrible own goal that effectively knocked his team out of the 1994 World Cup, Columbia captain Andre Escobar was murdered by a gunman in a parking lot, shocking the entire world.

Later it was discovered that Escobar had been killed at the direction of a drug lord who had spent money gambling as a consequence of Escobar's deeds.

The Champions League group stage encounter between PSG and the Turkish team Istanbul Basaksehir was called off.

When both sets of players left the field in protest following racial insults addressed to one of the Istanbul coach by the Romanian match officials.

Karim Benzema, a forward for Real Madrid and France, has been accused of two clashes. Having sexual relations with a minor and attempting to threaten a colleague by exploiting recordings that were improperly obtained

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