Sunday, March 4, 2012

German federation suspends assistant referee

The German football federation on Tuesday suspended an assistant referee during an investigation into whether he may have participated in match-fixing.

Cetin Sevinc is being investigated by Bochum for possible game manipulations, according to the federation.

"We were informed of the charges against Cetin Sevinc and all of the relevant information from the Bochum prosecutor's office has been made available to us," Rainer Koch, the DFB vice president in charge of referees, said in a statement. "Of course, Mr. Sevinc is innocent until proven guilty, but until the investigation is completed, we won't be using him for both his personal protection …

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