ROME,  (Reuters) – Sixteen players from Italian  amateur side San Luca have been suspended for two matches for  wearing black armbands at a match in November in mourning at the  death of a Calabrian Mafia boss.

The team, who play in Italy’s eighth tier, have also been  docked three points and fined 600 euros for the gesture after  the death of ‘Ndrangheta boss Antonio Pelle, the Italian Soccer  Federation said on its website (www.figc.it) yesterday.
The federation said the players had worn the armbands  because Pelle was related to a member of the club in the  southern region.