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  • ROME -- Juventus coach Antonio Conte has been suspended for 10 months for his role in a match-fixing scandal, but players Leonardo Bonucci and Simone Pepe have been cleared. Andy Lee Jersey . The Italian Football Federations disciplinary committee announced the verdicts Friday. Prosecutor Stefano Palazzi had asked for Conte to be banned for 15 months. Conte, who led Juventus to the Serie A title last season, was punished for failing to report match-fixing in two games during the 2010-11 season when he was coach of then-Serie B side Siena. Juventus released a statement after the verdicts were announced, saying it has already started preparing appeals for Conte and his assistant Angelo Alessio, who has been banned for eight months. "Juventus expresses great satisfaction for the absolution of its players Leonardo Bonucci and Simone Pepe and underlines its full support for Antonio Conte and Angelo Alessio, in the hope that the next level of the justice system can at last show they are completely innocent." Palazzi had asked for a 42-month ban for Bonucci and a 12-month ban for Pepe for their alleged roles in fixing the Udinese vs. Bari match in May 2010. Bonucci was a Bari player at the time, while Pepe was with Udinese. Udinese has also been cleared, while fellow Serie As Bologna has been fined $37,000 -- Palazzi had asked for it to be docked two points. Former Bologna captain Marco Di Vaio -- now with the Montreal Impact -- has also been cleared. He tweeted: "Justice has been done!!! Cleared!!! Now Ill go back to bed a lot lighter!!" Meanwhile, Lecce and Grosseto have been banned from Serie B and will start next season in Lega Pro, the third division of Italian soccer. Novara has been deducted two points. 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Schwazer had hoped to replicate his feat in the 50-kilometre event in London but was tossed from the Games Monday after testing positive.(Sports Network) - Normally teams celebrate a return home following a lengthy road trip, but the Toronto Raptors barely had enough players to field a competitive team on Wednesday. The Raptors hope to benefit from some extra bodies and force Dallas into making some more mistakes in a meeting on Friday night with the Mavericks. Catch all the action on TSN2 starting at 6:30pm et/3:30pm pt with Raptors Game Day, followed by tip-off at just after 7pm et/4pm pt on TSN. Following a victory over Phoenix on Nov. 30, Toronto failed to win a game during its five-game swing out west and the trips finale in Portland was a costly one as both Andrea Bargnani and Kyle Lowry suffered injuries. Bargnani, the teams second-leading scorer, is out indefinitely due to a ligament tear in his right elbow and a strained right wrist, while Lowry is expected to be out around 10 days because of a partial tear of his right triceps muscle. Factor in already existing injuries to Alan Anderson, Landry Fields and Linas Kleiza, as well as a one-game suspension to forward Amir Johnson for throwing his mouthpiece at an official following an altercation with a referee in Portland, and the Raptors had just eight players available for Wednesdays meeting with the Brooklyn Nets. "Guys looking for minutes are going to get more playing time," Raptors head coach Dwane Casey said. "Its a tough situation. Its a challenge. Theyre not going to cancel games." In his second start of the season, Ed Davis matched a career high with 24 points to go along with 12 rebounds, but the Raptors still fell to the Nets 94-88. Jose Calderon added 10 points and 15 assists for Toronto, which led by 11 points in the third before faltering to its 12th loss in 13 games. Casey may haave some more options tonight in addition to the returning Johnson. Ahmad Brooks Jersey. Kleiza remains day-to-day with his sore right knee, but Anderson was able to practice on Thursday and is expected to return for this game after missing 17 in a row due to torn plantar fascia in his left foot. Fields, though, will miss his 19th game due to right elbow surgery. Dallas enjoyed Thursdays off day for different reasons after taking the Boston Celtics to double overtime the previous night. However, the Mavericks turned the ball over 28 times for 34 Boston points and dropped a 117-115 decision to end a three-game winning streak. O.J. Mayo had 24 points in the loss and also had nine turnovers. "Nine turnovers just doesnt cut it," said Mayo. "When you get the ball you want to make a play, make a positive play for our team so turnovers really killed us. The team having 28 (turnovers) and me having nine -- weve got do better in that area." Darren Collison donated 20 points and Shawn Marion had 16 points, 11 boards and seven assists in a return from a two-game absence caused by a groin injury as Dallas used its 11th different starting lineup in its 22nd game of the season. The Mavericks have won three straight and 14 of their last 17 versus the Raptors, including a 109-104 victory at home on Nov. 7. Mayo and Chris Kaman both had 22 points, Collison had 15 and former Raptor Vince Carter netted 17 points. Carter, who began his career with Toronto from 1998-2004 and made five All- Star teams, will return to Air Canada Centre on his fourth different team since leaving the Raptors and has averaged 24.1 points and 7.3 rebounds per game at ACC in an opposing uniform. The 35-year-old is second in Raptors franchise history with 9,420 points. ' ' '

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