Turkey: Fenerbahçe are champions, but their president, Aziz Yildirim, to return to prison

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Aziz Yildirim, president of Süper Lig's Fenerbahçe, has been sentenced to 6 years and 3 months in prison by the Turkish Supreme Court of Appeals on 17/04/2014. He had been accused of rigging matches for the 2010-11 season.

Due to these cases of match-fixing, Fenerbahçe SK were excluded by UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) from any...

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