Soccer-Three players in Australia's A-League arrested for alleged illegal betting

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Three players for Australian top flight soccer club Macarthur FC were arrested on Friday for alleged betting corruption by manipulating yellow cards in multiple A-League matches.

Investigations found a senior player for the southwest Sydney club was allegedly taking instructions from a man, believed to be in South America, to organise for yellow cards to occur during games in exchange for profit, New South Wales (NSW) state police said.