Zambian players spared jail in Finland fixing scandal

The court handed suspended sentences ranging from six months to 20 months to the seven Zambian players connected with the scandal on Tuesday. The Singaporean man at the heart of the investigation, Wilson Raj Perumal, was sentenced to two years in prison. The court ruled that Perumal netted $210,000 for fixing results in Finnish league matches since 2008.

The Zambian players Godfrey Chibanga, Chileshe Chibwe, Francis Kombe, Stephen Kunda, Christopher Musonda, Chanda Mwaba and Nchimunya Mweetwa, who play for Rovaniemi Palloseura (RoPs), were sentenced along with their two Georgian team-mates.