Sierra Leone suspends 15 players and officials in match-fixing scandal

Ibrhaim Kargbo

By Andrew Warshaw
July 17 – Sierra Leone is the latest country to be hit by a serious match-fixing scandal after national team captain Ibrahim Kargbo (pictured) was suspended along with 14 other players and officials. The country’s sports ministry and the Sierra Leone Football Association said the 15 are alleged to have tried to fix the outcome of a 0-0 draw against South Africa in a second round qualifier for the 2010 African Nations Cup.

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MLS TV viewing figures throw out a fuzzy picture

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July 17 – With the 2014 World Cup over, and the US national team inspiring their nation for the duration of their stay in Brazil, eyes have turned to the MLS and particular attention to TV viewing figures and whether new-found national love of the world game is being sustained.

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Matt Scott: When money can’t buy peace: How history tells us a football revolutions is afoot

“Our properties within our own territories [should not] be taxed or regulated by any power on earth but our own.” Thomas Jefferson

Conflict, throughout the course of human history, has taken on many forms. But whether it be the bronze swords and spears of Homer’s Iliad, the muskets of Jefferson’s American War of Independence or the rockets, bombs and drones of today, some things have been constant.

One constant is the continuous presence of the narrators of current affairs,

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Manchester United add Nissin to global roster

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July 16- Manchester United may have failed to qualify for the Champions League for the first time but their global popularity appears to be as strong as ever after the club announced yet another commercial partnership just days after confirming a massive deal with Adidas.

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ICSS opens match fixing workshop programme in Africa

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July 16- The International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS), the Qatar-based sports integrity watchdog, has delivered the first in a series of match-fixing workshops to young players in Africa.

African players have become increasingly susceptible as victims of Asian-based gangs that deliberately target vulnerable lower-paid footballers.

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Lens lose promotion appeal as they wait for €10m cash infusion

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July 16- Lens’s eagerly awaited promotion to Ligue 1 in France is still being delayed after an appeal commission upheld a ruling banning them from joining the French top flight on financial grounds.

The French Football Federation’s appeals body said in a statement they had “confirmed” the sanction imposed last month by the League’s National Directorate of Management Control (DNCG).

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Lens lose promotion appeal as they wait for €10m cash infusion

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July 16- Lens’s eagerly awaited promotion to Ligue 1 in France is still being delayed after an appeal commission upheld a ruling banning them from joining the French top flight on financial grounds.

The French Football Federation’s appeals body said in a statement they had “confirmed” the sanction imposed last month by the League’s National Directorate of Management Control (DNCG).

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