Rangers set for SPL rejection

Charles Green_26-06-12

By Andrew Warshaw

June 26 – Restructured Scottish giants Rangers look certain to start life in the lower leagues after six Scottish Premier League (SPL) clubs said they would vote against the 54-time domestic champions being allowed entry into the top flight.

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CAS undermines FFP as it lifts Bursaspor’s UEFA ban

CAS 25-06-12

By Andrew Warshaw

June 25 – UEFA’s hopes of imposing Financial Fair Play (FFP) sanctions against clubs who fail to balance the books have suffered a potentially damaging blow after Turkish club Bursaspor won a shock appeal against being banned from playing in Europe for failing to pay transfer fees.

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Italy hands out point deductions and five-year bans to match-fixers

Mario Cassano_20-06-12

By Andrew Warshaw

June 20 – Italy may have progressed to the last eight of the 2012 European Championship but off the field the image of the game has taken another damaging blow after the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) announced it had upheld newly promoted Pescara’s two-point deduction and banned four players for five years over the country’s match-fixing scandal.

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