Juventus to ask civil court to overturn relegation

MILAN, Aug 21 (Reuters) Juventus will ask a civil court to overturn their relegation to Serie B for match-fixing after their appeal with Italy's top sports body failed, the club said today.

The soccer club said in a statement it would also consider filing a fresh appeal with the sports body's arbitration court.

A soccer tribunal in July stripped Juve of their last two Italian titles and demoted them to Serie B where they will start the coming season with a 17-point deduction following the match-fixing scandal.

Last week at a meeting at the Italian Olympic Committee's (CONI) conciliation court Juventus failed to persuade the nation's football federation to repeal their relegation.

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