FOOTY FRAUD ART RETURNED

FOUR paintings valued at €31,000, which were among seven stolen from a gallery in Palma, have been recovered in Belgium. The pieces included work by Glasgow artist José Cheetham. Other artists who had their work taken include Marc Badia, Dimitros Trade and Fabio Finamore. Spanish investigators were able to track down the thieves and then Belgian authorities were involved to find them and the company they acted through in Brussels. The recovered paintings are on their way back to their owner but three are still missing.

SPANISH football has been hit by another match-fixing scandal that has seen a number of arrests allegedly including a club president.

Police swooped on 17 individuals, with 11 detained in the Melilla and six more in the province of Granada. Multiple wagers raised red flags, leading to suspicions over the involvement of a local team in betting fraud.

The team in question has been unofficially reported as Huracan Melilla, an underperforming club in the fourth tier of Spanish football.

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