Monday, October 01, 2012
Several Montpellier players arrested
PARIS (Reuters) - Several Montpellier handball players have been arrested after an investigation into an alleged match-fixing scandal, a police source told Reuters on Sunday.
The source, who declined to be identified, said the players had been arrested after Montpellier's league game at Paris St Germain.
Montpellier's Nikola Karabatic is escorted to a police car at the end of his team's Ligue 1 handball match against Paris Saint-Germain in Paris, September 30, 2012. REUTERS/Regis DuvignauThey were expected to be transferred to the Paris suburb of Nanterre for questioning by police, the source added.
A judicial source said on Tuesday that French champions Montpellier were involved in an investigation relating to a first division match they lost at Cesson-Sevinge on May 12.
Club president Remy Levy told the local newspaper Le Midi Libre that he had been spoken to as part of the investigation but denied the club had been involved in match-fixing.
Montpellier will become plaintive in the case to "defend (their) honour", according to Levy, a move that would allow them privileged access to the case files.
"I cannot confirm nor deny because I'm a plaintive in the case", Levy told Reuters on Sunday.
Montpellier, the 2003 European champions, have been the French champions every year since 2008.
(Reporting by Nicolas Bertin; Writing by Julien Pretot; Editing by John Mehaffey)
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