Malaysia bans 80 players

Malaysia bans 80 players

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter): Eighty players implicated in match-
fixing by police have been barred from the Malaysian League this
season, the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) announced
yesterday.

The names on the list handed over by the police to the FAM
were not revealed, the national news agency Bernama said. About
120 players -- one-third of the league's workforce -- have been
questioned about match-fixing in the inaugural season of the
Malaysian League.

It is the biggest bribery investigation in the game's history.
The Singapore team, which won both the league championship and
the annual Malaysia Cup last year, has withdrawn from the league
after the FAM publicly stated that it was considering expelling
it.