Five soccer players were among 17 people arrested in Italy on Monday on suspicion of participation in an international match-fixing ring based in Singapore.
Five soccer players were among 17 people arrested in Italy on Monday on suspicion of participation in an international match-fixing ring based in Singapore.
Atalanta skipper Doni is behind bars
Cristiano Doni, the Atalanta captain suspended in August for three-and-a-half years by the Italian soccer federation (FIGC) over alleged match-fixing, was arrested as a cautionary measure to prevent him from tampering with possible evidence.u00a0
The arrest of 16 people in June over match-rigging in Italy's Serie B prompted Italian authorities to form a task force to probe the links between organised crime and soccer.
Officials said at least three Serie A games may have been fixed during the 2010-11 season.u00a0 In 2006 a match-fixing scandal hit Serie A resulting in Turin club Juventus' demotion to Serie B and point reductions for Lazio, Milan and Fiorentina.
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