Two players of the Georgian FC WIT Georgia have been banned for life following an investigation in match-fixing allegations, the Georgian Football Federation said in a statement on Thursday. The statement reads that two other footballers, one player of Lanchkhuti Guria and another- of FC Chiatura received suspensions until the final decision is made. According to the Georgian Football Federation, the club has lost six points and FC WIT Georgia has been fined GEL 50 000. The footballers have been found guilty of match-fixing, but they were released on bail. In May of this year, the Anti-Corruption Agency of the State Security Service of Georgia (SSS) detained 8 active and 3 former footballers on the fact of bribing of the participants of sport competition and fixing the football matches by the players of the second and highest league. The investigation established that the members of the organized group criminally contacted the footballers of football clubs and in return of the certain amount of money arranged to lose with the rival team through the pre-agreed score with so-called handicap- for two or more goals. The agency said that on April 3, 2019, the footballers of FC Lanchkhuti’s Guria bribed by the organized group, participating in the 2nd league of Georgian National Championship on the basis of preliminary agreement, lost with two goals difference the second half of the match between the football club Tbilisi’s Merani and Lanchkhuti’s Guria. On May 19, 2019, the footballers of FC Wit Georgia participating in Georgian National Championship highest league, on the basis of the preliminary agreement, lost with two goals difference with the FC Batumi Dinamo. source: IPN/ interpressnews.ge