Two former La Liga footballers have been given one-year prison sentences in a landmark case marking the first successful prosecution for match-fixing in Spain.
The former Real Betis players Antonio Amaya and Xavier Torres, who played for A-League club Perth Glory in 2017-18 under coach Kenny Lowe, were on Friday convicted of fixing two games in the 2013-14 season.
The penalties imposed on the convicted varied from eight years and eight months for Vizcay, for crimes of misappropriation, forgery, and corruption in sport; to the one-year sentences for corruption in sport given to Amaya and Torres. Ex-club treasurer Sancho Bandres and real estate agents Cristina Valencia and Albert Nolla were also found guilty.
Another former Betis player, Jordi Figueras, and former Osasuna Foundation president Diego Maquirriain were acquitted.
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