Four players have been banned from ⁠all ⁠football-related activity for several years for their part in match-fixing offences in Australia's A-League. Both were sentenced to a two-year conditional release order, external in September and have now been banned for five years by Football Australia, effective from May 2024. They also accepted the offer of completing 200 hours of unpaid football-related community service ‌to reduce their bans by 12 months. Meanwhile, Riku Danzaki and Japanese compatriot ‌Yuta Hirayama have been banned for seven years from June 2025. Former Western United midfielder Danzaki pleaded guilty in August, external to deliberately earning yellow ‍cards in multiple A-League games in April and May.

Source: BBC December 19, 2025 18:50 UTC