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Post by QPR Report on Jan 20, 2009 8:53:05 GMT
For what it's worth! Reuters - Soccer-Italy match-fixing trial due to beginTue Jan 20, 2009 MILAN, Jan 20 (Reuters) - The criminal trial probing the 2006 match-fixing scandal which rocked Italian football will begin in Naples on Tuesday. The affair, which involved clubs trying to procur favourable referees, led to Juventus being stripped of their 2005 and 2006 Serie A titles and being demoted to the second tier while five other clubs were deducted points. Former Juventus general manager Luciano Moggi and Lazio president Claudio Lotito are among 24 club directors, referees and former Italian soccer federation officials standing trial.A separate fast-track procedure has been reserved for 11 others implicated in the affair. Moggi, who has no link to a Juve side now back in Serie A, was banned from football for five years by a sporting tribunal in 2006 and earlier this month was given an 18-month suspended jail sentence after a separate soccer corruption trial. The match-fixing scandal has come to a criminal court after Naples prosecutors decided to bring a case. The defendants deny the charges. Proceedings are expected to be lengthy with Italian Prime Minister and AC Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi among the witnesses due to be called along with England coach Fabio Capello and Italy boss Marcello Lippi. (Writing by Mark Meadows, editing by Padraic Halpin) uk.reuters.com/article/worldFootballNews/idUKLJ19860420090120?rpc=401&
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Post by QPR Report on Jan 20, 2009 11:31:51 GMT
Or maybe not! Goal.com First Calciopoli Hearing Postponed Until MarchThe first Calciopoli hearing at the criminal court of Napoli has been postponed after it emerged that several of the accused were not given enough notice to appear. The hearing lasted only a few minutes and it was adjourned until March 24. It will be the second Calciopoli trial, but this time, those who are involved will be tried by the Italian penal system, criminal law, rather than through the various sports legislation bodies, which is what happened during the first Calciopoli trial in 2006. Luciano Moggi, who is trying to clear his name, will stand accused of 'association with the conspiracy of committing sporting fraud.' A number of figures will have to answer allegations of being involved in the scandal, including Lazio president Claudio Lotito and Fiorentina owners Andrea and Diego Della Valle. In addition, former referees who were involved in the first trial will also be required to appear in court. La Gazzetta Dello Sport claims the president of the court of Napoli has asked for a speedy trial. It is reported that the sentences will be handed out in 2010 if everything goes to plan. The next hearing is scheduled in March, but there will be a preliminary hearing for the judges only in order for them to gather evidence in February.
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