Players: Either we throw a match or get hell


IPOH: For players involved in match-fixing, they recounted a life that had been hellish as they dealt with death threats from bookies.

Former Perak state player P. Ravindran recalled that two cars were waiting for him outside his home after a match in the Klang Valley.

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