article_snippet.sent: France's biggest handball star Nikola Karabatic will stand trial for fraud over Nikola Karabatic suspected involvement in an illegal betting case.
article_snippet.sent: Karabatic, a multiple world and Olympic gold medalist, and Karabatic younger brother Luka were among a group of players banned by the French league two years ago for betting on the result of a match in which Karabatic, a multiple world and Olympic gold medalist, and his younger brother Luka Montpellier club, which had already secured the title, lost to a struggling team.
article_snippet.sent: Nikola Karabatic Nikola Karabatic has been accused of match fixing along with 15 others .
article_snippet.sent: Karabatic, who was briefly detained when the case emerged, now plays for Barcelona in the Spanish league.
article_snippet.sent: Nikola Karabatic leaves the Montpellier's courtroom after attending his appeal in October 2012 .
article_snippet.sent: Other former or current Montpellier players including Mladen Bojinovic, Samuel Honrubia, Dragan Gagic, Primoz Prost, Issam Tej and Mickael Robin will also be tried.
article_snippet.sent: Nikola Karabatic has denied placing bets on the match that Montpellier lost 31-28 to Cesson-Rennes.
article_snippet.sent: Betting authority Francaise de Jeux reported an unusually high increase in betting at halftime in the match that Montpellier lost 31-28 to Cesson-Rennes, raising suspicions and triggering a police investigation.
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highlights_snippet.sent: Nikola Karabatic was among group of players banned after betting on a Montpellier club match two years ago .
  