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A Ukrainian soccer referee has been banned for life for helping to
fix matches.
The disciplinary panel of European soccer's governing body on
Thursday banned referee Oleh Orekhov from all soccer activities.
UEFA said it used information from ongoing investigations by
German police into match-fixing and corruption in the case. It said
Orekhov was charged with breaching "principles of loyalty and
integrity," but did not specify which matches were involved.
When the scandal broke in November, UEFA identified seven
suspicious games played in the Champions League and Europa League
between July 16 and Aug. 6.
Fraud and organized-crime officers in Bochum, Germany, have
been investigating more than 200 matches played in at least 11
countries.
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