FIFA extends sanctions over Italian match-fixing
Published on: March 09, 2016 03:00 (EAT)
FIFA has extended worldwide sanctions imposed on 23 players and officials in Italy over match-fixing and illegal betting between 2014 and 2015, soccer’s global governing body said on Tuesday.
Italian authorities had already imposed bans on taking part in any soccer-related activities.
“The chairman of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee decided on 25 February 2016 to extend all of the above-mentioned sanctions to have worldwide effect,” Zurich-based FIFA said in a statement.
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