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UEFA SUSPENDS 2 ARMENIAN REFEREES IN FIXING CASE
Associated Press International
August 7, 2013 Wednesday 4:18 PM GMT
NYON Switzerland
UEFA says it has suspended two football referees from Armenia while
it prosecutes them for match-fixing.
The European football body says referee Andranik Arsenyan and assistant
Hovhannes Avagyan, who admitted to corrupting a Europa League match
for a betting scam, have been suspended until their cases are heard
on Aug. 22.
Both officials, who were banned by the Armenian football association
on Tuesday, have been approved by FIFA for international matches
since January 2012.
UEFA says it "detected suspicious betting patterns" around Vikingur's
1-0 win at Inter Turku in Finalnd on July 11.
Arsenyan awarded two penalties late in the scoreless match, reportedly
to help ensure both teams scored.
Vikingur, a team from the Faeroe Islands, scored its penalty in the
78th minute and Turku missed two minutes later.
Associated Press International
August 7, 2013 Wednesday 4:18 PM GMT
NYON Switzerland
UEFA says it has suspended two football referees from Armenia while
it prosecutes them for match-fixing.
The European football body says referee Andranik Arsenyan and assistant
Hovhannes Avagyan, who admitted to corrupting a Europa League match
for a betting scam, have been suspended until their cases are heard
on Aug. 22.
Both officials, who were banned by the Armenian football association
on Tuesday, have been approved by FIFA for international matches
since January 2012.
UEFA says it "detected suspicious betting patterns" around Vikingur's
1-0 win at Inter Turku in Finalnd on July 11.
Arsenyan awarded two penalties late in the scoreless match, reportedly
to help ensure both teams scored.
Vikingur, a team from the Faeroe Islands, scored its penalty in the
78th minute and Turku missed two minutes later.