Athens: Olympiakos owner Evangelos Marinakis was cleared for lack of evidence on Thursday by the Council of Appeals of facing trial in the Greek match-fixing scandal of 2010-2011.
The court decided to bring to justice 85 of the 158 defendants in the case before a three-member court of appeals for felonies with charges ranging from felonies to misdemeanors.
Among those to face trial are Super League president Giorgos Borovilos, former Olympiakos Volos president and now mayor of Volos Achilleas Beos, Levadiakos president Giannis Kombotis, Asteras Tripolis owner Dimitris Bakos, Panthrakikos owner Thodoris Savvakis and president Dimitris Tzelepis, former Greece international defender Avraam Papadopoulos as well as other players, referees, betting brokers, managers and a former employee of the country’s football federation.
