Football: Napoli's 2-point penalty rescinded on appeal
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This combination made of file photos taken on July 22, 2011, shows (left to right): Napoli goalkeeper Matteo Gianello, captain Paolo Cannavaro and defender Gianluca Grava posing during an official team photo. Italy's football federation has rescinded a two-point penalty given to Napoli for match-fixing and lifted bans imposed on Cannavaro and Grava. -- PHOTO: AFP
ROME (AP) - Italy's football federation has rescinded a two-point penalty given to Napoli for match-fixing and lifted bans imposed on captain Paolo Cannavaro and defender Gianluca Grava.
Following an appeal, the federation's internal court overturned the punishments handed out by its disciplinary commission.
Napoli was penalised in December after its former goalkeeper, Matteo Gianello, confessed to attempting to fix the result of a game in May, 2010.
Cannavaro and Grava were each banned for six months for failing to report the fix.
