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    UEFA SUSPENDS 2 ARMENIAN REFEREES IN FIXING CASE

    Associated Press International
    August 7, 2013 Wednesday 4:18 PM GMT

    NYON Switzerland

    UEFA says it has suspended two football referees from Armenia while
    it prosecutes them for match-fixing.

    The European football body says referee Andranik Arsenyan and assistant
    Hovhannes Avagyan, who admitted to corrupting a Europa League match
    for a betting scam, have been suspended until their cases are heard
    on Aug. 22.

    Both officials, who were banned by the Armenian football association
    on Tuesday, have been approved by FIFA for international matches
    since January 2012.

    UEFA says it "detected suspicious betting patterns" around Vikingur's
    1-0 win at Inter Turku in Finalnd on July 11.

    Arsenyan awarded two penalties late in the scoreless match, reportedly
    to help ensure both teams scored.

    Vikingur, a team from the Faeroe Islands, scored its penalty in the
    78th minute and Turku missed two minutes later.

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