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Monaco earns reprieve, retains first division status

PARIS JUNE 19. Monaco, recently relegated to the second division because of crippling debts, will regain its first division status next season, a soccer official said on Thursday.

An official from the French Football Federation said an appeals committee had considered Monaco's case and authorised the club to return to the first division — as long as the club maintains tight spending controls.

``Justice has been done,'' Monaco Sporting Director Henri Biancheri told The Associated Press in a telephone interview.

``Monaco is, behind Saint-Etienne and Marseille, the second-most successful team in the history of French soccer — it doesn't belong in division two,'' he added.

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