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Fenerbahce president Aziz Yildirim to formally face match-fixing charges
The Istanbul club's chief has been charged over the Turkish scandal, along with another 92 people involved in the sport, with those convicted facing up to 12 years on jail
By Luke Matthews
Yildirim and over 30 other figures in the game were detained and questioned in the summer as a result of the investigation, which saw the start of the Turkish top-flight delayed by a month.
14 players will be formally charged for their roles in the alleged match-fixing, including Sercan Yildirim, Umit Karan and Emmanuel Emenike who has since left Turkey to join Russian side Spartak Moscow.
Seven clubs have been named in the case, which are Fenerbahce, Besiktas, Trabzonspor, Istanbul B.B, Sivasspor, Manisaspor, Mersin Idman Yurdu and Giresunspor.
The indictments will be filed at an Istanbul court on Monday, where the individuals could receive lengthy jail sentences and some clubs could be relegated in the next few weeks.
On Friday, the Turkish president Abdullah Gul vetoed legislation that was approved by parliament which would have seen the maximum jail sentence for match-fixing reduced from 12 years to three.
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"[Gary] Cahill I suppose is slightly more of a concern for me because it is a jaw injury. We're desperately hoping the CT scan doesn't show any fracture and it's just going to be a bruising situation, which will be bad enough, but won't stop him taking part in the tournament. As far as John's [Terry] concerned he felt his hamstring a little bit. Again it wasn't a major thing when he came off but we still need to scan it just to be 100 per cent sure."
Suffice to say, if Cahill has broken his jaw, he won't play any part in the tournament.
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