HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — 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 all those who played in the fixed games must be cleared by its ethics committee before they can play for the team again.
