Arrests made over alleged match-fixing

Police in Bari have made a number of arrests including a player from a Serie A club in connection with alleged match-fixing in last year's championship.

The match in question is Bari's 2-0 defeat to Leece in a Serie A encounter last May.

Bari's sporting director Guido Angelozzi is adamant that the club had nothing to do with any influence of the result.

"We thought it was a normal match," Angelozzi told SkyTG24.

"The club is a damaged party in this. It gained no advantage from this at all."

The incident is the latest case in a series of match-fixing scandals in Italian football over recent months.

In June last year, the Interior Ministry set up a special match-fixing task force in response to a number of high-profile cases.

Bari are currently competing in Serie B.