Report: 2nd-division Spanish team offered bribes

MADRID (AP) -- Several players for Spanish second-division team Castellon claim they were offered money to lose a game this season, according to a newspaper report.

Spanish daily El Mundo reported on Sunday that several Castellon players -- it did not say how many -- were offered unspecified sums to lose the April 11 match against Zaragoza.

Castellon scored a penalty in injury time to draw 1-1 in the match.

One of the players revealed the offer to coach Paco Herrera, and the club has since reported the actions to the Spanish football federation, the report said, without naming any sources. Officials from the federation and Castellon could not be reached for comment Sunday.

Zaragoza is in third place in the second division, on the cusp of a return to topflight football after being relegated last season.

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