Lazio's Argentine midfielder Juan Veron was cleared today of playing a role in the false passport scandal that has rocked Italian soccer. But a ruling banned a number of other players and slapped huge fines on clubs. A list of players with Italian clubs - most from South America - had been charged with obtaining Italian passports by using false documents.
The Italian Football League said AC Milan's Brazilian goalkeeper Nelson Dida had been banned for a year along with Inter Milan's Uruguayan striker Alvaro Recoba.
Four Brazilian players from Udinese, two South American players from champions AS Roma and two from Vicenza have also been banned for a year.
Filed by Sinéad Kissane
