On Friday afternoon, the Swedish Handball Association announced that a leader in the handball league will be suspended for "illegal betting".
The sentence will be eight months long.
Sportbladet reports that this is Guif's assistant coach Mattias Zachrisson.
The 31-year-old - who has made over 100 international appearances for Sweden - tells the newspaper:
- What I have done is that I have placed a bet that we will win a match.
A straight one on Guif.
Apparently you were not allowed to do that, play on a positive result.
This came as a real shock.
"Feels brutal"
Zachrisson also says he should appeal.
- If I had known that it was forbidden, I of course would not have done it.
But an eight-month suspension feels brutal.
I do not immediately think that I am alone in having made a small bet on my own team.
The match he played in was Guif-Kristianstad.
It was played on February 13, 2022. Guif won by 27-24.