Bochum (Germany)—Around 200 football matches in
nine European countries including at least three
Champions League games are implicated in a new
match-fixing scandal, German prosecutors said on
Friday. UEFA expert Peter Limacher told a press
conference in Germany that the revelations
represented “clearly” the worst ever
match-fixing scandal in European football.
Richmond
(Texas)—Michelle Wie couldn’t take the pain one
week after taking the spotlight at Lorena
Ochoa’s tournament. Ochoa is back on center
stage now, trying to steal the player of the
year honor away from Jiyai Shin at the LPGA Tour
Championship. Wie withdrew from the
season-ending event Thursday because of a
sprained left ankle, hours after Ochoa shot a
6-under 66 to take a one-shot lead over Reilley
Rankin.
Manila—A bruised but
smiling Manny Pacquiao enjoyed a hero’s welcome
as he returned home to the Philippines on
Friday, with masses of people taking to the
streets and hailing him as the best boxer of all
time. The nation’s highest ranking officials
joined the poorest of slum dwellers in paying
homage to Pacquiao after he demolished Puerto
Rican Miguel Cotto to become the only man in
history to win seven titles in as many weight
classes.
Ahmedabad—Sachin Tendulkar,
Gautam Gambhir, and a dead Ahmedabad pitch (21
wickets and seven centuries in five days) put
paid to Sri Lanka’s dream of a first Test win in
India. Gambhir played out 110 deliveries for 40
runs, and Tendulkar 211 for 100 runs; both of
them looked entirely at home in the role of
saving a Test, not letting dot balls affect
their minds.
Lahore—SAFF Championship has become a very
important platform for budding and aspiring
footballers in the region and Pakistan team’s
five-nation tour will help in putting up an
impressive show for its title quest. This was
stated by President,Pakistan Football Federation
Faisal Saleh Hayyat here on Friday. “ We are
looking forward to gold in this biennial event
and despite the financial constraints we have
arranged our team’s tour of Nepal, Colombo,
Thailand, UAE and Qatar”,he said.
