Zimbabwe suspends 67 players

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    The Zimbabwe Football Association has suspended 67 players, including most of its national team, following a long-standing investigation into match-fixing.

    A ZIFA probe last year led to a number of players admitting that they accepted money from an Asian betting syndicate to lose exhibition games on Far East trips from 2007-09.

    The ZIFA report said the money was handed out by agents of Singaporean Wilson Raj Perumal, who is in jail in Finland for fixing activities in that country.

    In a statement Monday, ZIFA chief executive Jonathan Mashingaidze said implicated players must not be included in the national team unless they are cleared by the organization's ethics committee.

    Read more: http://espn.go.com/sports/soccer/story/_/id/7521037/zimbabwe-suspends-67-match-fixing-probe
     

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