Olympiakos and Atromitos face relegation for match fixing

Olympiakos and Atromitos are threatened with relegation, while their owner Evangelos Marinakis and Giorgos Spanos, Portuguese coach Ricardo Sa Pinto and a dozen others are threatened with very serious sanctions, all for corruption and match fixing in Greek soccer, according to a report on Athens radio station Sport FM.

The 15 individuals and the two clubs are accused according to the provisions of Article 27 of the Code of Conduct of the Hellenic Football Federation (EPO) about "fixing the result of a match for betting purposes".

The allegations by the investigative department of EPO's Ethics Committee are now forwarded to the judicial department of the same committee.

Article 27 provisions point to penalties described in Article 29 of the same code, concerning match manipulation, and bear the heaviest sanctions across the entire Code of Conduct in Greek soccer...