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Football: Players detained in match-fixing swoop

Real Valladolid is one of the clubs at the centre of a Spanish police investigation [AFP]

An operation against several footballers, ex-players including former Spain international Raul Bravo and club executives accused of fixing matches in the first and second divisions was underway in Spain on Tuesday, police and sources said.

In a statement, police said they were in the process of conducting raids in several, unnamed areas and planned to detain 11 people -- "retired and active footballers in the first division, active players in the second division and executives of a club."

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