Sports / Off the Field
Arezzo's match-fixing penalty upheld by civil court
(Reuters)
Updated: 2007-06-14 08:53
ROME, June 13 - Italian Serie B side Arezzo failed in their bid to escape
relegation to the third division on Wednesday after a civil court upheld
the penalty handed down to them in last year's match-fixing scandal.
Last August, a sports court ordered the Tuscan club to start the 2006-07
season on minus six points after they were found guilty of seeking
favours from referees.
They finished the season inside the Serie B relegation zone, three points
from safety.
Wednesday's decision by a regional court in Lazio effectively ended their
hopes of avoiding the drop.
Several other clubs, including Serie A giants Juventus, AC Milan,
Fiorentina and Lazio, were also punished in last year's scandal, but
Arezzo were the only ones to take their appeal to the civil courts.
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