Paul K
22-06-2006, 19:09
Juventus, Fiorentina, AC Milan and Lazio have been named as the clubs indicted by the Italian courts on match fixing allegations. No details yet on the BBC.
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More details now in:
Reuters (http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldFootballNews&storyID=2006-06-22T173249Z_01_L2122447_RTRIDST_0_SPORT-SOCCER-ITALY-SCANDAL-CHARGES-URGENT.XML)
ROME, June 22 (Reuters) - Italy's football prosecutor on Thursday ordered Serie A clubs Juventus, AC Milan, Lazio and Fiorentina to stand trial in the nation's biggest sports scandal in a quarter of a century.
In a brief statement, the Football Federation said prosecutor Stefano Palazzi had charged a total of 30 "subjects" for sporting fraud and violations of fairness and probity, charges which can be punished by fines, bans and relegations.
The statement did not give a further breakdown of who was charged or identify individuals.
---------- Post added at 19:09 ---------- Previous post was at 19:04 ----------
More details now in:
Reuters (http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldFootballNews&storyID=2006-06-22T173249Z_01_L2122447_RTRIDST_0_SPORT-SOCCER-ITALY-SCANDAL-CHARGES-URGENT.XML)
ROME, June 22 (Reuters) - Italy's football prosecutor on Thursday ordered Serie A clubs Juventus, AC Milan, Lazio and Fiorentina to stand trial in the nation's biggest sports scandal in a quarter of a century.
In a brief statement, the Football Federation said prosecutor Stefano Palazzi had charged a total of 30 "subjects" for sporting fraud and violations of fairness and probity, charges which can be punished by fines, bans and relegations.
The statement did not give a further breakdown of who was charged or identify individuals.