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Probe into alleged inflated ice hockey budget at SEA Games
Online Reporters, Published on 04/02/2026
» Anti‑corruption officials on Wednesday inspected an ice hockey rink in Bangkok used for the SEA Games last year, following a report of irregularities in invoices it issued to the Ice Hockey Association of Thailand that showed claimed amounts higher than actual expenses during the event.
Thailand wins back right to host petanque events
Sports, Published on 30/09/2025
» A Thai Olympic Committee delegation has successfully negotiated the return of petanque to the 33rd SEA Games after urgent talks in France with the World Petanque and Bowls Confederation (WPBC) on Monday.
It's desperate times for Luton
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 01/03/2025
» In the Premier League there is a distinct possibility that the three newly promoted sides could be going straight back down, although Ipswich and Leicester fans might dispute that. Rather ominously the same thing happened the previous season.
Could relegation of Premier League clubs be decided in the courts?
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 23/03/2024
» The four-point penalty imposed on Nottingham Forest for rules infringements is a reminder that things aren't running quite as smoothly in the Premier League as the organisers would like. It means that at the end of this season there will be at least a couple of asterisks necessary to explain the final league standings.
Neymar faces possible $1m fine over Brazil property work
AFP, Published on 23/06/2023
» RIO DE JANEIRO: A "major construction" project at Brazilian football star Neymar's mansion in Rio de Janeiro state was halted on Thursday for "environmental infractions," which could result in a fine of some US$1 million, authorities said.
In court, Neymar denies wrongdoing over Barca transfer
AFP, Published on 19/10/2022
» BARCELONA: Neymar only signed documents his father gave him and did nothing illegal, the Brazil superstar told a Spanish court Tuesday where he is on trial for alleged irregularities over his transfer to Barcelona nearly a decade ago.
Neymar to go on trial in Spain just before World Cup
AFP, Published on 27/07/2022
» MADRID: Neymar is due to face trial in Spain in October just a month before the World Cup over alleged irregularities in his transfer to Barcelona nearly a decade ago, judicial sources said on Wednesday.
Medical staff to be tried for Maradona death
AFP, Published on 23/06/2022
» BUENOS AIRES: Eight medical personnel will stand trial for alleged criminal negligence in the death of Argentine football legend Diego Maradona, according to a court ruling made public on Wednesday.
Maradona is dead, long live Maradona! World honors 'Golden Kid'
AFP, Published on 25/11/2021
» BUENOS AIRES - The world will on Thursday mark the one-year anniversary of the death of Diego Maradona, regarded by some as the best player of all time and a man adored in his home country Argentina despite, or perhaps because of, his human flaws.
Doctors 'killed' Maradona via negligence, says nurse's lawyer
AFP, Published on 17/06/2021
» SAN ISIDRO, Argentina: A lawyer for a nurse under investigation in the death of Argentine football great Diego Maradona said Wednesday that doctors killed him through negligence.