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Match-fixing: Turkish court issues 1,000-year jail terms in Fenerbahce case

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FILE: 3/11/16 Manchester United's Zlatan Ibrahimovic clashes with Fenerbahce's Simon Kjaer as manager Jose Mourinho looks on [Reuters]

A Turkish court on Friday sentenced a media executive and a former police chief to more than 1,000 years each in prison for conspiring to bring match-fixing charges against top soccer club Fenerbahce.

Fenerbahce's president was jailed for match-fixing a decade ago and the club was barred from playing in European competitions for two seasons, but the case was reopened after prosecutors said it was founded on a conspiracy.

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