ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The chairman of Turkish club Fenerbahce, Aziz Yildirim, faces a probable return to prison after his appeal against a conviction for match-fixing was rejected by a top court on Thursday.
Yildirim was sentenced to six years, three months in jail in 2012 after he was found guilty of fixing games in Turkey's top league. He served one year in prison ahead of the trial, but was freed pending the appeals process.
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