Champions League tie played in England 'was fixed' - alleges Europol

While cricket generally comes under lot of criticim for match fixing charges - but a new pandora box has now opened bring footbal match fixing out of it.

It has been alleged that Champions League tie played in England is one of 680 matches across the world investigators say was fixed. Besides, some 425 match officials, club officials, players and criminals are suspected of being involved.

The claims have been made by the Europol in a news conference held in The Hague, Netherlands.

European police did not reveal the identity of the match they believe was corrupt in England.

But Europol did say that they had uncovered an organised crime syndicate based in Asia that was co-ordinating the operation.

Other than Champions League, in Germany-based matches alone, criminals wagered £13.8m (16m euros) on rigged matches and made £6.9m in profits. Officials fear this is as the "tip of the iceberg."

However, it seems that neither FIFA nor UEFA were taken into confidence while initiating such an inquiry by Europol.

A spokesman for The FA said it was "not aware of any credible reports into suspicious Champions League fixtures in England, nor has any information been shared with us.

Read more about it at: BBC Sport/Football

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Baseball star Andruw Jones arrested for 'battering wife' on Christmas

While the world made merry on the Christmas day, star baseball player Andruw Jones elected to beat and 'batter' his wife of then years instead.

Jones with his wife Nicole [Photo: Getty Images North America]

Police say they were called to Andruw Jones' home in a wealthy suburb of Atlanta and found him fighting with his wife Nicole Derick.

The 35 years old 'star' was arrested and booked into Gwinnett County jail outside Atlanta, Georgia, about 3.45 AM today on a charge of simple assault. However, he was released seven hours later on $2,400 bail.

No further details are available on the subject.

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As for Jones' career, he is one of the premier players in the big leagues, who broke into the majors with the Atlanta Braves in 1996 and won 10 consecutive Gold Gloves from 1998-07 as their center fielder.

Read more about it at: Daily Mail

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Name of Once Tennis Star Bob Hewitt stripped from Hall of Fame

For many Bob Hewitt, has been a legendary tennis star who had to his credit all Grand Slam doubles titles,  both the Men's Doubles Grand Slam titles as well as the Mixed Doubles Grand Slam titles (U.S. Open, Wimbledon, Australian Open, French Open). He has also been central to South Africa's only Davis Cup title in 1974. Besides, Bob and seven singles titles and 65 doubles. 

Bob Hewitt through the timeline of his life

Bob began his tennis career in 1958 as an amateur  turned professional in 1970 and retired from active tennis in 1983. However, he continued to extend tennis lessons to young tennis enthusiasts including children.

Hewitt with eh Hall of Fame plaque

During his career he rose to no.6 ranking of the tennis world in me's singles in 1962 and no.1 in the doubles ranking also in 1962. For these achievements, his name was included in the coveted Tennis Hall of Fame.

This is how he was known to the ordinary.

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But this was the Mr Hyde face of Bob Witt. Going over his Dr Jackal face, he has been a molester and sex abuser of his female tennis students whom he coached and sexually harassed in private tennis sessions and lessons. Nearly a dozen women in South Africa and the United States have accused Hewitt of sexual misconduct from the 1970s to the 1990s. Some of the victims were as young as 11 and 12, while he was coaching them.

Hewitt, 72 presently runs a citrus farm in the Eastern Cape and has remained largely silent on the sex abuse. But a thorough investigation by the World Hall of Fame has found of involved in dubious activities including sexual molestation and harassment of his students  and has on 16 November 2012 been stripped of his accolade in the International Tennis Hall of Fame and from this day on his legacy ceases to exist in the Hall of Fame. His plaque will be removed from the Hall of Fame and his name will be removed from the official website.

Thus ends the glory of a Hall of Famer in shame.

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Indian women vs WIs [ ODI ] 4 March

The Indian Women cricket team is presently in the West Indies for a 3-ODI series cricket.The match is being played on 4 March at Played at Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts. The temperature at the stadium is 25C and it is partially cloudy.

The opposing teams are:

West Indies:

MR Aguilleira*†, SA Campbelle, B Cooper, SF Daley, DJS Dottin, PS Etienne, SACA King, KA Knight, A Mohammed, SL Munroe, JB Nero, SL Quintyne, SC Selman, SR Taylor

India:

E Bisht, A Chopra*, A Das, DP David, J Goswami, M Kanojia, H Kaur, V Krishnamurthy, M Mehta, S Naik†, M Raj, A Sharma, Subha Laxmi, G Sultana

The ball to ball scoreboard coverage can be followed at: Cricinfo

Floyd Mayweather Jr. Jail Sentence: Boxer Gets 90 Prison Days In Vegas Case

[ via Huffington Post ] 21 Dec

Boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. is a perfect 42-0 in the ring and has dodged significant jail time several times in domestic violence cases in Las Vegas and Michigan.

But his courtroom streak came to an end Wednesday when a Las Vegas judge sentenced him to 90 days in jail after he pleaded guilty to a reduced battery domestic violence charge and no contest to two harassment charges.

The case stemmed from a hair-pulling, punching and arm-twisting argument with his ex-girlfriend Josie Harris while two of their children watched in September 2010.

Singapore's ex table tennis president charged with corruption

[ Channel News Asia ] 8 Dec

The ex-president of the Singapore Table Tennis Association (STTA) and former MP Choo Wee Khiang has been charged in court with corruption. Choo was the STTA at the time of the alleged offences.

It is alleged that in 2005, Choo had received S$1,500 from Liu Zhongze, who was then a national team player, and Luo Jie, who was then an assistant coach of the STTA, in return for giving Liu more opportunities to represent the Association in table tennis tournaments. He also received a total of US$600 on two separate occasions from Shi Mei Sheng, who was then a STTA coach, as a reward to Choo for approving the use of two different training facilities in China. 

Ex-Penn State Coach Jerry Sandusky Arrested Again

[ Huffington Post ] 8 Dec

Ex-Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky was arrested and arraigned Wednesday on new sex abuse charges brought by two new accusers, the state attorney general's office said.

Jerry being taken away by Police

Sandusky was already charged with 40 counts of child sex abuse involving eight young boys over a 15-year span. He has denied being a pedophile and has vowed to fight the case. In interviews with NBC and The New York Times, he has said he showered and horsed around with boys but never sexually abused them.