Football: Doni denies match-fixing charges

MILAN:

Ex-Italy midfielder Cristiano Doni denied being involved in illegal betting and match-fixing in the lower divisions after media reports said the captain of the promoted Serie A side Atalanta was being probed.

Italian soccer, still recovering from a 2006 match-fixing scandal in the top flight, was stunned on Wednesday when authorities announced former Italy striker Giuseppe Signori was among a number of people arrested over the allegations. Police said some well-known footballers who are still playing were also being investigated but had not been arrested, prompting media reports that Doni, 38, was among them. Police said the six-month investigation had produced evidence of an organised system.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 3^rd, 2011.