Referees suspended after match-fixing probe

Seven referees and two linesmen have been suspended by the Italian Refereers Association after a magistrates' investigation turned up allegations of match-fixing.

Naples magistrates concluded a probe into match-fixing during the 2004-2005 Serie A season last week by naming 48 people they suspected of wrongdoing.

All nine men suspended by the AIA were on the list, which included former Italian Football Federation staff, and present and former club officials.

Former Juventus general manager Luciano Moggi, the central figure in last year's match-fixing scandal, was also named in the investigation.

Nobody has been charged yet, though the Italian Football Federation could decide to open its own probe after its office of investigations examines the magistrates' findings.

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