Turkish match-fixing charges are a smear - defendant
Reuters
Mon, 20 Feb 14:10:00 2012
One of the main defendants in a match-fixing scandal that has tarnished Turkey's multi-billion-dollar soccer league, dismissed the charges against him on Monday as "despicable" and a "smear".
Dozens of leading Turkish soccer officials, including the chairman of champions Fenerbahce, began presenting their defence at an Istanbul court on Monday, in a trial that is being closely watched by European football's ruling body UEFA.
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