Signori denies Italian soccer match-fixing

Former striker Giuseppe Signori denied any part in the latest matchfixing scandal to hit Italian football when he was interrogated by a judge on Wednesday, AFP reported.

The 43-year-old, who was one of Italy's top strikers in the 1990s and top scorer in Serie A three times with Lazio, told the judge he had not been involved in any skulduggery surrounding the Serie A match between Inter Milan and Lecce, according to his lawyer.

Signori - the eighth highest scorer in Serie A history with 188 goals - was among 16 people arrested last week for match-fixing in a coordinated sting by Italian police.