Soccer: Former Parma president probed in team bankruptcy

(ANSA) - Parma, March 5 - Former Parma president Tommaso Ghirardi is under investigation for bankruptcy fraud, media sources said Thursday.
    Italian Soccer Federation (FIGC) President Carlo Tavecchio on Wednesday said FIGC had set up a plan for bankruptcy-threatened Parma to go ahead with its Sunday home match with Atalanta. "We have laid on a plan to enable the game to go ahead," Tavecchio said after a meeting with Parma Mayor Federico Pizzarotti and Serie A representatives. Pizzarotti said there was "a 50% chance" of the match being played. The news came two days after Giovanni Malago', the head of Italian Olympic Committee CONI, blasted the buck-passing on Parma and said the authorities were ready to intervene.
    Bottom side Parma's away game at Genoa was postponed last weekend, as was their home game the week before against Udinese, because of their financial plight.