Australian police have charged six men in an operation to crack a multi-million dollar matchfixing ring involving several British players and centred on a second-tier football club in Melbourne.
The charges follow the arrests of 10 people across Melbourne on Sunday as part of an investigation into the 12-team Victoria Premier League.
Football Federation Australia says nine players and a coach from the Melbourne-based Southern Stars have been arrested with police saying many of those were British and playing in Victoria in the off-season.
In February, the Australian Crime Commission, the country's top criminal intelligence agency, released an incendiary report into widespread doping in Australian sport and local athletes were at risk of being co-opted into matchfixing by organised crime syndicates.
