Inter Milan was confirmed as 2006 Serie A champion Monday after Italy's football federation (FIGC) said it did not have the authority to revoke the decision which stripped Juventus of the title. “The federal council has turned down Juventus' petition regarding the 2006 scudetto with a declaration that it is not competent to revoke it,” the FIGC said in a statement. Inter, which was handed the 2006 title by default after table-topper Juventus was demoted and second-placed AC Milan docked points for influencing the selection of referees, had been under investigation since last year after new evidence emerged in the criminal case into the match-fixing scandal. Lawyers said phone taps also implicated Inter in the affair for the first time but the club denied wrongdoing. Juventus reacted by threatening to seek “justice” in other courts, stating the ruling was “a long way from re-establishing fairness”. “The club has given the go ahead for its lawyers to explore the best means of proceeding in international and administrative law,” the club said in a statement on its website. “At the same time the management and its lawyers are evaluating the economical damages such behaviour has caused.”
