Italian clubs demoted in match-fixing scandal

AN Italian sports tribunal announced guilty verdicts against four top Serie A clubs and various prominent soccer officials at the end of a trial into match-fixing on Friday.

Champions Juventus were stripped of their league championship wins in the last two seasons, relegated to the second-division Serie B and docked 30 points at the start of next season for seeking to influence the appointment of referees and linesmen for matches during the 2004-05 season.

Fiorentina and Lazio were relegated to Serie B and docked 12 points and seven points respectively at the start of next season.