Juventus fined and president suspended over tickets for hardcore fans


FILE PHOTO: Newly appointed Chairman of European Club Association (ECA) Andrea Agnelli attends a news conference after ECA's General Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland September 5, 2017. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

ROME (Reuters) - Italy's soccer federation (FIGC) has fined Juventus, its most successful team, over an alleged scheme of giving tickets to hardcore fans to buy peace in the club's terraces.

FIGC had fined the club 300,000 euros (263,622.92 pounds) and given further fines and temporary bans to four of its executives including president Andrea Agnelli, it said in a statement on Monday.

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