Seven people suspected of manipulating results in "at least two Brazilian state leagues" have been arrested, officials said on Wednesday. The match-fixing ring "involved players, coaches, agents and presidents of clubs in the second and third divisions" of the São Paulo state championship, said Kelly Cristina Sacchetto Cesar de Andrade, one of the police officers leading the investigation dubbed Operation Game Over. Sacchetto said that those arrested Wednesday morning in raids in four Brazilian states "were believed to have worked with betting syndicates in Malaysia, China and Indonesia" (REUTERS, 7/7).
José Guerrero, "the person who claimed there was match-fixing in a La Liga game between Granada and Las Palmas last season," was reportedly beaten and stabbed in a park in Granada. He "was hospitalized and is now out of danger." Cadena SER reported that the attackers shouted after assaulting him, "F***er, son of a b****, like you bring down Granada we are going to kill you and your family." Police "are now working to find the assailants" (AS, 7/7).
