Swiss club FC Gossau bans Bigoni for role in match-fixing

Swiss second-division club FC Gossau says it has suspended midfielder Mario Bigoni indefinitely for his alleged role in a European match-fixing scandal.

Club president Roland Gnaegi said Bigoni has admitted that "not everything was clean" when the team lost 4-0 at home to Lugano in May.

Gnaegi said Monday the 25-year-old Italian told him he was recruited by an unnamed teammate to fix the result.

A European investigation has resulted in 12 arrests in Germany and two in Switzerland. Some 200 matches are believed to have been manipulated, and a betting syndicate is suspected of bribing players, coaches and referees to fix results.

Swiss club FC Thun banned its Senegalese forward Omar Faye on Sunday from one Swiss game because of his alleged involvement.