I exclude any responsibility on my part or any behavior that was less than correct. This revelation follows the news the previous day that Luciano Nizzola, the director of the Italian Football Federation, was to be investigated for his part in the drugs scandal that is gripping national soccer. On Wednesday, the current UEFA and FIFA vice president Antonio Matarrese was also told he was being investigated for the drugs in soccer probe. He had been head of the Italian Football Federation prior to Nizzola, although Pagnozzi had an interim role as special commisioner in between the two. Another football official Carlo Tranquilli, who is the head of the Federation's anti-drug squad was similarly implicated.
None appear to be worried.
All sports in Italy are administered through CONI and the laboratory in Rome is the main test centre. It has been closed since October on an order of magistrates. The court heard that police had discovered major problems with the testing processes when they raided the centre. The first fallout from those raids was that 5 staff who were technical officers at the laboratory resigned and Mario Pescante, the head of CONI quit. The second wave is now going to the top of Italian sports.