Four people face corruption charges over football match fix

Four people were charged on Tuesday with bribery in a Czech top football division match fixing. Prosecutors in Olomouc, in the east of the country, accused a former goalkeeper of the local football club Sigma Olomouc, Petr Drobisz of giving bribes while the former president and two ex-players of the Bohemians Praha club were charged with accepting bribes. The incident allegedly took place in May 2009 when then Olomouc’ goalie Petr Drobisz allegedly offered members of the Prague club 300,000 crowns for letting his team win. The then head of the Prague club, Karel Kapr, told his player to accept the bribe as he would inform the police about the incident. However, he only contacted the police several months later. Olomouc won the game 3:0 and secured a spot in UEFA’s Europa League.