UEFA wins legal case against Greek club Volos

UEFA wins legal case against Greek club Volos

Published Feb. 14, 2012 5:40 a.m. ET

UEFA says it has won its case at the Court of Arbitration for Sport against Greek club Volos, which was kicked out of the Europa League over links to match-fixing.

UEFA says the court dismissed Volos' appeal against its expulsion and a further three-season ban from European competition, deferred for five probationary years.

Volos was implicated in a Greek match-fixing investigation, and expelled by UEFA days before it was scheduled to face Paris Saint-Germain in the playoff round last August.

Europa League rules require that clubs have not helped fix a match in the previous five seasons.

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Volos joins Romania's Timisoara and Switzerland's Sion in losing legal battles with UEFA over entry to its competitions this season.

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