Italian match-fixing hearing ends
The committee will now examine the evidence and is expected to pass sentence next week.
ROME (AP) - The two-day match-fixing hearing involving Lazio captain Stefan Mauri and seven other players, as well as three Italian clubs, has ended.
The Italian football federation s disciplinary committee will now examine the evidence and is expected to pass sentence midway through next week.
Prosecutor Stefano Palazzi has asked for Mauri to be suspended for 4 1/2 years. He has requested a six-point deduction for Lazio and three-point penalty for both Genoa and Lecce.
Mauri is one of eight players accused of rigging games and failing to report match-fixing for two Serie A games, Lazio vs. Genoa and Lecce vs. Lazio in May 2011.
Around 40 Lazio fans held a sit-in protest on Thursday morning, in front of the Rome hotel where the hearing was taking place.
