Edinho, Pele’s son, agreed to turn himself over to police after a court ruled he must serve almost 13 years of a 33-year drug-trafficking sentence, his lawyer told Reuters. Edinho grew up inNew York and played soccer for BW Gottschee in the late 1980’s and later was a backup keeper at Santos, his father’s club. […]
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What They're Saying: Portland resident Aaron Martin Mitchell
“Because I was not fast enough to get away.” — Portland resident Aaron Martin Mitchell, in a police affidavit, on why he thought police were called at 2:45 a.m. to an off-limitsarea inside Providence Park, home of MLS’s Portland Timbers, as he was carrying two large bags of frozen potato tots, nine boxes of M&Ms […]
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Hondurans Callejas and Hawit get lifetime soccer bans
Former Honduras president Rafael Callejas and former interim Concacaf president Alfredo Hawithave been banned from soccer for life by FIFA’s ethics committee after they pleaded guilty toFederal racketeering and wire fraud conspiracy charges earlier this year. Both Hondurans took bribes from marketing companies over the awarding of commercial rights for World Cup qualifyingmatches in Honduras. […]
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Peruvian soccer boss extradited in FIFA scandal
Manuel Burga, the president of Peru’s soccer federation, appeared in federal court in Brooklyn after being extradited from Lima earlier Friday. He pleaded not guilty to charges of bribery inconnection with a multibillion-dollar FIFA bribery scandal.
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Former English youth coach charged with sexual assault
Barry Bennell, a former youth coach and talent scout at Crewe Alexandra and Manchester City, was charged on eight offenses of “non-recent” sexual assault against a boy under the age of 14.Bennell, 62, has been at the center of abuse allegations in recent weeks, part of a spreading scandal that has rocked English soccer. He […]
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High Court rules against Pulis in Crystal Palace suit
West Bromwich Albion manager Tony Pulis was ordered by the British High Court to pay former club Crystal Palace more than $4.5 million in damages for leaving the club at the start of the2014-15 season. The dispute concerned Palace’s payment of a bonus for keeping it in the EPL and staying at the club at […]
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PSG's Aurier denied entry into UK for Arsenal game
Paris St. Germain defender Serge Aurier, who was given a two-month suspended prison sentence in September for assaulting a police officer, wasn’t allowed to enter the United Kingdom and willmiss Wednesday’s Champions League match against Arsenal. Because he is a non-EU national and had been given a sentence within the last five years, Aurier was […]
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Allardyce not part of British police investigation into corruption reports
After reviewing material from the Daily Telegraph’s investigation into suspected corruption in soccer that brought down England coach Sam Allardyce, British police have opened a criminal investigationthough they noted Allardyce “is not part of the investigation.”
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Venezuelan official to plead guilty in Federal corruption case
Rafael Esquivel, the former president of Venezuela’s soccer federation, is set to plead guilty on Thursday in federal court in Brooklyn, becoming the latest former soccer executive to pleadguilty to charges stemming from a bribery investigation of soccer in Conmebol and Concacaf.
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Davidson pleads guilty to federal conspiracy charges
Aaron Davidson, former president of the Miami-based unit of Brazilian sports marketing conglomerate Traffic Group and an architect of the NASL’s relaunch in 2011, entered his plea infederal court in Brooklyn to charges of racketeering conspiracy and wire fraud conspiracy in connection with the bribery scandals that rocked soccer Davidson, one of 42 individuals andentities […]