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| Newcastle United deepen gloom for Manchester United and Moyes Posted: 07 Dec 2013 06:48 AM PST Yohan Cabaye's goal just after the hour gave Newcastle their first victory at Old Trafford since 1972 and consigned Manchester United to back-to-back home defeats in the league for the first time since May 2002. Having lost 1-0 to Everton on Wednesday, Manchester United have now lost as many games as they did in the whole of last season's title-winning campaign and David Moyes's side could fall 15 points behind leaders Arsenal before the weekend is out. Manchester United were without Wayne Rooney through suspension, but they restored Robin van Persie to their starting XI following a four-game absence with a groin strain and saw Phil Jones test visiting goalkeeper Tim Krul with an early shot. Newcastle's five-man midfield frustrated United though, and it was the visitors who came closest to breaking the deadlock before half-time, with David de Gea thwarting Mathieu Debuchy twice in first-half stoppage time. Manchester United attacked the game with renewed vigour in the second period, but they saw Krul save from Javier Hernandez and Adnan Januzaj before a header from Patrice Evra hit the post. Newcastle hit the champions with a sucker-punch in the 61st minute, with Moussa Sissoko galloping down the right flank after winning a duel with Evra before cutting the ball back for Cabaye to sweep home. Moyes responded by introducing Anderson and Antonio Valencia and handing Wilfried Zaha a league debut from the bench, but despite sporadic late pressure, an equaliser would not come. Van Persie had a close-range header ruled out for offside and Zaha curled narrowly wide, leaving Newcastle's jubilant fans to taunt Moyes with crowing chants of 'You're getting sacked in the morning!' The dominant team of the Premier League era, Manchester United remain in ninth place in the table, 12 points below Arsenal, while Newcastle climb to sixth. - AFP, December 7, 2013. |
| Match-fixing suspects sacked by club Posted: 07 Dec 2013 06:17 AM PST An English non-league club today announced that it had sacked two of its players after they were charged over match-fixing allegations. Michael Boateng and Hakeem Adelakun, both 22, were charged this week with conspiracy to defraud contrary to common law following an investigation by Britain's National Crime Agency. The pair's club, Whitehawk FC, from the southern English coastal town of Brighton, said that the two men had been "dismissed with immediate effect" after an emergency board meeting. In a statement, the club, which plays in the sixth tier of English football, said: "The club was aware that these two players, namely Michael Boateng and Hakeem Adelakun, were being investigated last week, at which time the club took immediate steps to suspend them pending the outcome of investigation by the police. "In light of recent decisions by the police and the Crown Prosecution Service, the club can now confirm, after an emergency meeting of the board yesterday, that the two players have been dismissed with immediate effect for bringing the club into disrepute." Boateng and Adelakun, both of whom hail from south London, are scheduled to appear at Birmingham Magistrates' Court in central England on Wednesday. They are the third and fourth people to have been charged in connection with an investigation into an alleged international betting syndicate. Chann Sankaran, a 33-year-old Singapore national, and Krishna Sanjey Ganeshan, a 43-year-old British passport-holder, were remanded in custody until December 13. Sankaran and Ganeshan, alleged to be members of a Singapore-based betting syndicate, have been accused of conspiring to defraud bookmakers by influencing the course of football matches and placing bets on them between November 1 and 26 this year. The maximum sentence for the offence is 10 years' imprisonment. – AFP, December 7, 2013. |
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