Nikola Karabatic, his brother Luka, and five others (Samuel Honrubia, Mladen Bojinovic, Dragan Gajic, Primoz Prost and Issam Tej) have been suspended for six games – the maximum punishment available – for either directly or indirectly betting on the now infamous Montpellier loss to Cesson-Rennes at the end of last season.

They all deny wrongdoing and are still under criminal investigation.