Stefano Mauri s appeal against a match-fixing ban has failed, seeing his ban increase from six to nine months.
The Lazio captain was issued the six-month suspension in August by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC).
Mauri was banned in regards to two Lazio Serie A fixtures in 2011 against Genoa and Lecce, where he was deemed to have failed to report his knowledge of match-fixing despite being cleared of any offence for the Genoa game.
The extended suspension means that the 33-year-old will miss the season unless he is successful with his expected appeal further to Italy s National Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Lazio s appeal to reduce the €40,000 euro fine for their involvement was also rejected and was therefore increased to €50,000 by the FIGC.
The Italian will be unavailable until May.
