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| West Ham call on Fifa to ban former player Diamanti Posted: 08 Jul 2011 08:43 AM PDT
The Italian international left West Ham to join Brescia last August for €2.2 million (RM9.56 million) but the English Club, relegated from the Premier League last season, want him banned until the matter is settled. "Due to the failure of Brescia to pay the latest instalment fee, West Ham have asked the FIGC to suspend the player's registration and requested that the national association and Fifa impose sporting sanctions until the matter is resolved," the club said in a statement on their website (http://www.whufc.com). No-one from Brescia was immediately available to comment. Diamanti, 28, spent just a season at West Ham after signing on a five-year contract from Livorno in August 2009, scoring seven league goals in 28 appearances. He scored six goals in 31 appearances for Brescia last season and won his first Italy cap. Like West Ham, Brescia ended the season relegated from the top flight. — Reuters Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price. |
| New arrests in match-fixing scandal rock South Korea Posted: 08 Jul 2011 07:30 AM PDT SEOUL, July 8 — South Korean prosecutors have arrested almost 50 more players in connection with a match-fixing scandal that has rocked professional football in the country and threatens to leave several teams short-handed this weekend. Changwon District Prosecutors' Office revealed 46 players, including nine from South Korea's military side Sangmu Phoenix, were charged yesterday in relation to the attempted fixing of 15 matches from June to October last year. Prosecutors also charged 11 brokers, including several former players, with match-fixing. A K-League crackdown has already resulted in 10 players —eight from the Daejon Citizen club alone — being booted out of the sport for accepting cash in return for helping to throw matches, while another has been banned for five years. "We've confirmed so far that a wide range of players, not just reserve players but players who are on the national team and highly paid players, have been involved," Changwon's lead prosecutor said in a televised statement. The league is expected to convene a meeting to discuss the latest arrests, which have thrown the 28-year-old league into chaos. Local media reported that several teams could struggle to field teams for the weekend's matches due to the arrests. One of the highest profile players to be detained in the ongoing investigation is South Korea international Choi Sung-kuk, who came forward under a K-League amnesty that offered reduced penalties and ended on July 7. A player was also found dead in a hotel room with media reporting a suicide note was found at the scene linked to the match-fixing saga. South Korea's government has also threatened to "shut down" the country's professional soccer league after losing patience with the embarrassing scandal. The state-run sports bookmaker, Sports Toyo, has been prevented from taking bets on games since the corruption scandal broke. — Reuters Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price. |
LONDON, July 8 — West Ham United want Fifa and the Italian football federation (FIGC) to suspend the registration of their former midfielder Alessandro Diamanti as his current club Brescia have failed to pay the latest instalment on his transfer fee.| You are subscribed to email updates from The Malaysian Insider :: Sports To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
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