A Hong Kong court sentences two footballers and a betting agent for match-fixing, in what multiple outlets describe as one of the city’s largest such cases in recent years. The defendants—former Hong Kong Under-23 player Brian Fok, Brazilian player Luciano Silva da Silva, and betting agent Waheed Mohammad—return to West Kowloon Court for sentencing on five charges. The court rules that they deliberately undermined the integrity of the sport. The case follows a high-profile crackdown in which authorities arrest 23 people on suspicion of illegal activities related to match-fixing. While the sentencing terms are reported to include prison sentences of up to 17 months, the outlets frame the outcome as a judicial finding of intentional wrongdoing rather than incidental misconduct. The reporting indicates that the court’s decision is based on the charges brought against the trio stemming from the broader investigation and arrests. The other individuals detained during the crackdown are not addressed in the provided excerpts, but the sentencing of these three is presented as a significant development in the case.