Four Rio Ave players in fixing storm

Four players with Portuguese top-flight club Rio Ave have been reportedly charged in a 500,000 euro match-fixing scam, local media revealed on Thursday.

According to SIC television station and Correio da Manha newspaper, four unnamed players are suspected of taking bribes to fix a defeat for their team in a first division game against Feirense on February 6, 2017.

Rio Ave lost the match 2-1 on the way to finishing seventh in the table.

Betting on the fixture had been suspended before kick-off due to "the unusual volume of bets".