FIFA bans three Guatemalan footballers for life
by IANS
Zurich: FIFA has banned three Guatemalan national team players for life for match fixing.

World football's governing body claimed midfielder Guillermo Ramirez Ortega and defenders Yony Wilson Flores Monroy and Gustavo Adolfo Cabrera Marroquin helped fix the results of three matches.

The players "have all been banned from taking part in any kind of football-related activity, for life," FIFA said in a statement on Wednesday.

Two of the matches were friendly defeats for the national team; 0-2 to Venezuela last year and 2-3 loss to Costa Rica in May....more    
01:08 PM, Oct 25, 2012