Sporting briefs

Marchetti: Lazio’s Serie A title push suffered a blow last night as goalkeeper Federico Marchetti pulled his hamstring during their 3-2 win at Lecce. Marchetti pulled up suddenly during yesterday’s game when going to collect a back-pass and had to be replaced.

Match-fixing: Turkey yesterday passed a vote to water down drastic sentencing guidelines introduced earlier this year amid an unprecedented corruption scandal in Turkish football. The new law, approved by Turkish lawmakers by 284 votes for, six against and one abstention, cuts the maximum sentence for anyone found guilty of match-fixing from 12 to three years. It also reduces from five to three years the maximum sentence for anyone found guilty of introducing an illegal object into a venue.

Tevez: Coach Massimiliano Allegri believes the addition of Carlos Tevez would give Milan the best attack in the world. Milan are negotiating with Manchester City over the signing of the rebel Argentina striker but are now facing competition from French money-bags Paris St Germain. “It’s better to have great players playing for you rather than against you,” said Allegri. “If he joins it would strengthen a part of the team that is already world class and then we would have the best attack in the world.”

Genoa: Genoa coach Alberto Malesani believes the Serie A club need to bring in reinforcements in January to make the team more competitive. “The club needs to step in and make changes in January on the transfer market to fix those issues we have already discussed,” the experienced coach said. “We will make some signings that can help us out.”

Piacenza: Former Serie A club Piacenza, founded in 1919, have officially filed for bankruptcy. The Stadio Garilli club had suffered from financial problems recently, exacerbated by their relegation into Lega Pro. The players have not received their wages for five months, so yesterday the lawyers representing the Players’ Association confirmed Piacenza were filing for bankruptcy.