No evidence yet of Armenia-Greece fix, says UEFA

NYON, Switzerland, Oct 9 (Reuters) - UEFA said on Thursday it had not yet found any evidence of match-fixing in its ongoing investigation into a Euro 2004 qualifier between Armenia and Greece in September.

European soccer's governing body last month appointed a disciplinary inspector to look at claims made by Ruben Hayrapetyan, president of the Football Federation of Armenia (FFA).

Hayrapetyan had alleged that approaches were made to Armenia to fix the game in favour of Greece. Greece, who won the September 6 game in Yerevan 1-0, have denied any wrongdoing.

UEFA said in a statement on Thursday: "As the situation stands at present, it is clear that there was nothing irregular about the UEFA Euro 2004 qualifier in question.

"There are no indications from which it could be inferred that either the Hellenic (Greek) Football Federation or its president were involved in any irregularities.

"The status of qualifying Group Six is therefore unaffected and the winners will be decided on the field of play."

Greece's win moved them to the top of the table and they need only to beat Northern Ireland in Saturday's final group game to guarantee qualification for next year's finals.

UEFA said its investigation would continue until the end of October.

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