Italian police have arrested 17 people in connection with a match-fixing and betting investigation.
Those arrested include former Atalanta and Italy midfielder Cristiano Doni.
The arrests were carried out in several cities in Italy after an initial investigation by magistrates in the northern city of Cremona.
Those arrested and accused of match-fixing had contacts with criminal groups in Singapore and Eastern Europe, according to police.
“This is not the end – just a starting point,” said Cremona prosecutor Roberto Di Martino, who claimed one suspect had admitted match-fixing had been ongoing for more than ten years.
“Let’s hope it’s a starting point in cleaning up the beautiful game that is football,” he added.
Di Martino also claimed that the investigation had uncovered match-fixing on a near-global scale. (BBC)
