Antonio Conte acquitted by Italian judge in match-fixing case

Italy coach Antonio Conte is clear to take charge of Chelsea in the summer after being acquitted of charges pertaining to sporting fraud, an Italian judge has announced. 

Conte had been accused of failing to report his knowledge of an incident of attempted match-fixing during his time as Siena head coach in 2011. 

Cremona-based prosecutor Roberto Di Martino had asked for Conte to be handed a suspended six-month prison sentence and fined 8,000 euros (£6,300), but the former Juventus coach was on Monday acquitted by judge Pierpaolo Beluzzi during a preliminary hearing.