Posted by: rein July 7, 2006
Saving Cristiano Ronaldo's Pride
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Bidhan bro... see this: source: www.bbc.co.uk Relegation call for Italian four The Italian Football Federation's prosecutor has called for all four clubs at the centre of the match-fixing scandal to be thrown out of Serie A. Stefano Palazzi called for Juventus to drop two divisions and for AC Milan, Fiorentina and Lazio to drop one. He also asked for points penalties to be imposed and that Juve's 2005 and 2006 titles be stripped from the club. And on a bad day for Juve, coach Fabio Capello resigned, paving the way for a return to Spanish giants Real Madrid. Juve's shares dived on the Milan stock market following Palazzi's comments. Earlier on Tuesday, the third day of Italy's biggest sports trial, Italian Football Federation (FIGC) official Paolo Bergamo resigned. Bergamo is one of two officials under suspicion involved in the allocation of referees - his lawyer unsuccessfully argued he was now no longer liable to be tried by a sports tribunal. MATCH-FIXING PROBE TIMELINE 4 May: Intercepted phone conversations between Juve's Luciano Moggi and Pierluigi Pairetto, a former member of the federation's refereeing commission, published 8 May: FIGC president Franco Carraro resigns 11 May: FIGC vice-president Innocenzo Mazzini and entire Juve board resign 14 May: Juve win title - general manager Luciano Moggi quits 29 June: Football tribunal begins The trial was initially suspended on Thursday and proceedings were again held up on Monday by another round of arguments over legal procedure. Thirteen players in the 23-strong Italian squad, including five from Juve, are from the four accused clubs. ... this is just a part of the news...
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