Football: Juve coach loses appeal
Juventus coach Antonio Conte lost his appeal against a 10-month ban over a match-fixing scandal.
ROME:
Juventus coach Antonio Conte is set to miss the whole of the Serie A season with the defending champions after losing his appeal against a 10-month ban over a match-fixing scandal. The Italian federation’s (FIGC) prosecutor also lost an appeal against the decision to acquit Juventus defender Leonardo Bonucci and winger Simone Pepe over an alleged attempt to fix a match between Bari and Udinese in 2010. The FIGC’s prosecutor had wanted a three-and-a-half year ban for Italy’s Bonucci, who was playing for Bari at the time, and a one-year ban for Pepe, who was with Udinese. Juve have said they will stick by Conte with a second appeal set to be launched and heard in September.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 23rd, 2012.
Juventus coach Antonio Conte is set to miss the whole of the Serie A season with the defending champions after losing his appeal against a 10-month ban over a match-fixing scandal. The Italian federation’s (FIGC) prosecutor also lost an appeal against the decision to acquit Juventus defender Leonardo Bonucci and winger Simone Pepe over an alleged attempt to fix a match between Bari and Udinese in 2010. The FIGC’s prosecutor had wanted a three-and-a-half year ban for Italy’s Bonucci, who was playing for Bari at the time, and a one-year ban for Pepe, who was with Udinese. Juve have said they will stick by Conte with a second appeal set to be launched and heard in September.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 23rd, 2012.