Report: Lazio captain arrested over match-fixing

Report: Lazio captain arrested over match-fixing

ROME - The Associated Press
Report: Lazio captain arrested over match-fixing

Lazio's Stefano Mauri celebrates after scoring against Cagliari during their Italian Serie A soccer match at the Olympic stadium in Rome in this October 24, 2010 file photo. REUTERS photo

Italian authorities swept through the Italy national team training site near Florence and made more than a dozen arrests elsewhere Monday as part of a wide-ranging investigation into match-fixing in football.

News reports said Lazio captain Stefano Mauri was among those arrested while the coach of Italian champion Juventus, Antonio Conte, was placed under investigation for alleged wrongdoing while coach of Siena.

Police are also investigating Italy and Zenit St Petersburg defender Domenico Criscito a week before the national team leaves for the European Championship in Poland and Ukraine.