ISTANBUL — Turkish soccer temporarily banned 102 professional players including 25 from the top-tier league on Thursday over a widening betting scandal that has implicated hundreds of referees.

The Turkish Football Federation imposed bans on 25 players from the Super Lig and 77 from the second-tier first division for terms ranging from 45 days to one year. It followed days after more than 1,000 players were provisionally suspended in the scandal.

Galatasaray and Turkey defender Eren Elmali was suspended for 45 days, three days after he was pulled out of the national-team squad for World Cup qualifying games.

Club teammate and former Turkey Under-21 center back Metehan Baltaci was suspended for nine months. Konyaspor winger Alassane Ndao, who is a former Senegal international, got a 12-m

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