3 players, club official charged with bribery

3 players, club official charged with bribery

Published Feb. 22, 2011 6:52 a.m. ET

A state prosecutor says three Czech football players and a club official have been charged with bribery and will stand trial.

Prosecutor Petr Matousek says goalkeeper Petr Drobisz of top division club Olomouc has been charged with paying a bribe. He says two former players of the Bohemians Prague club - Miroslav Obermajer and David Zoubek - and its chief executive have been charged with accepting a bribe.

Drobisz is accused of paying Bohemians' players 300,000 koruna ($16,750) to lose a game at the end of the 2008-'09 season. Olomouc, which won the match 3-0 and qualified for European competition, denied any wrongdoing.

The federation already punished Bohemians last year after it accused Olomouc of bribery without presenting evidence. Bohemians was later relegated.

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