President of FC "Fenerbahce" released

The current president of the Istanbul FC Fenerbahce Aziz Yildirim, who
was arrested on July 3, 2011 as part of the investigation into match
fixing, was released on Monday, News-Azerbaijan reports referring to
the Turkish media.

Yildirim and three other defendants in custody have been sentenced to
six and a half years in prison (2.6 years on charges of creating a
criminal organization and 3.9 years for organizing match-fixing).
It has not been reported when the court decision is going to be
carried out.


Lawyers for the Istanbul club president intend to appeal the verdict.

According to the decision of the Istanbul court, three other former
football functionaries were sentenced along with Yildirim.

As a result of the scandal, FC Fenerbahce was suspended from participation in
the Champions League in the 2012-13 season. Last week, the League
decided to allow the Istanbul club to take part in the Champions
League.