Former Sporting employee Gonçalo Rodrigues and businessmen Joao Gonçalves and Paulo Silva are accused of 14 crimes in the case, which relates to situations that occurred during the 2016/17 and 2017/18 sports seasons, related to handball and football games. with the aim of allegedly benefiting Sporting.
The ruling of the investigating judge, to which the CM had access, states the facts regarding the recruitment of judges and players. In addition to the fact that, according to the document, having attempted to bribe two handball referees, the businessmen allegedly offered money to the Desportivo de Chaves football player Leandro Araújo for facilitating the actions of the Leon striker Bas Dost in two matches with Sporting, one for the championship (2-2, 01/14/2017) and another for the Portuguese Cup (Sporting’s victory with a score of 1-0, 01/17/2017), in exchange for 25 thousand euros. According to the management’s decision, the player refused.
In another alleged crime, Paulo Silva allegedly obtained the support of referee Ivan Cazador in favor of Sporting against Porto in the 3rd round of the final phase of the national handball championship, 04/08/2017, by paying two thousand euros. .
Author: morning Post
Source: CM Jornal
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