Punishments cut for Italian clubs
The Italian clubs implicated in a match-fixing scandal have had their punishments slashed on appeal.
Lazio and Fiorentina have been reinstated to Serie A - but with points deductions increased from 12 to 19 for Fiorentina and seven to 11 for Lazio.
Juventus' hopes of overturning demotion to Serie B were dashed, but instead of starting on minus 30 points, they have only had 17 points taken away.
AC Milan stay in Serie A with their penalty cut from 15 points to eight.
Milan has also been allowed to play in the Champions League qualifying rounds this season - having orginally been barred from Europe.
AT A GLANCE
Juventus: Were relegated with 30 point penalty; now still in Serie B but with 17-point deduction
AC Milan: Were allowed to stay in Serie A but with 15-point penalty; now still in Serie A but with eight point deduction and put back into Champions League
Lazio: Were relegated with seven-point penalty; now put back in Serie A with 11-point deduction
Fiorentina: Were relegated with 12-point penalty; now put back in Serie A with 19-point deduction
But the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) sports court upheld the decision to strip Juventus of their last two Serie A titles.
The court also confirmed the five-year bans for former Juventus executives Luciano Moggi and Antonio Giraudo - the figures at the centre of the scandal.
The original punishments were handed out to the disgraced clubs by a Rome tribunal just five days after Italy won the World Cup.
All four clubs implicated denied the accusations.
Their appeals were held by the FIGC sports court in a Rome hotel on Tuesday, and fans of local club Lazio gathered in their hundreds outside to cheer the decision to promote the team back to Serie A.
Juventus relegation appeal fails
Juventus have failed in their attempts to gain readmission to Italy's Serie A.
Juve were relegated for their role in the match-fixing scandal that rocked Italy and were docked 30 points, which has since been reduced to 17.
The club's appeal was held at the Italian Olympic Committee's arbitration court (CONI), but Italy's football federation refused to back down.
Juve, who were stripped of their last two titles, said it would consider its plans in a board meeting on Monday.
They finished the 2005/06 campaign as \"champions\" but were soon embroiled in one of the biggest scandals to hit Italian football.
Along with Lazio, Fiorentina and AC Milan, Juve were accused of attempting to exert influence over referees.
Lazio and Fiorentina were also initially relegated before being re-instated to Serie A with points deductions of 19 and 11 respectively and have, like Juve, been banned from European competition.
AC Milan start the new campaign in the top flight with an eight-point penalty, while Reggina have since been implicated and docked 15 points.
Juventus chairman Giovanni Cobilli Gigli had said the Turin club expected the same punishment as the other clubs.
CONI's conciliation court brought together Juve directors and the Italian Football Federation to seek an agreement regarding the club's appeal, but a Juve statement said the meeting had \"not resulted in any conciliation\".
\"We will examine all of our options calmly, convinced as we are, in our search for a more fair punishment,\" said Cobolli Gigli.
He added they could potentially take the case to another Olympic Committee department or go outside sports justice to a civil court or even to the European Court of Justice.
Their demotion to Serie B has led to a number of their top players leaving and their fourth-quarter revenues slumped by almost £15.7m to £27.5m.
The other three clubs and several individuals who were punished by the tribunal are also taking their cases to CONI in the coming weeks.
Juve lodge new relegation appeal
Juventus have launched another appeal in an attempt to overturn their relegation to Serie B.
The club have lodged an appeal with a civil court, after their original complaint was rejected by the Italian Olympic Committee's arbitration court.
Fixture lists for the forthcoming season are set to be published on 30 August, with the start of the season already put back to 10 September.
Juve were relegated for their role in Italy's match-fixing scandal.
The club were originally docked 30 points, which has since been reduced to 17, and stripped of their last two titles.
A Regional Administrative Court in Lazio - with special powers to rule in sporting cases - will hear the case on 6 September, and the club also said they were considering the possibility of an appeal to Italian Olympic Committee's court of arbitration.
If Juve's appeal proves successful, there could be further delay to the start of the season which has already been held up by two weeks.
\"Relegation will, above all, gravely damage the identity of Juventus,\" the club's statement said.
\"In over a century of existence, Juve have contributed to writing the history of Italian football with a tradition of excellence which is alive as demonstrated by the nine Juventus players who took part in the recent World Cup final.\"
They finished the 2005/06 campaign as \"champions\" but were soon embroiled in one of the biggest scandals to hit Italian football.
Along with Lazio, Fiorentina and AC Milan, Juve were accused of attempting to exert influence over referees.
Lazio and Fiorentina were also initially relegated before being re-instated to Serie A with points deductions of 19 and 11 respectively and have, like Juve, been banned from European competition.
AC Milan start the new campaign in the top flight with an eight-point penalty, while Reggina have since been implicated and docked 15 points.
\"The santions imposed on Juventus are disproportionate,\" added the statement.
\"It's incomprehensible that Juventus should be treated with the most severity.\"
Their demotion to Serie B has led to a number of their top players leaving and their fourth-quarter revenues slumped by almost £15.7m to £27.5m.
