Ex official who had highest function convicted

Starting at 2010 and continued to do that when was elected president of Chinese football association from August 2019 up until October 2023, Chen Xuyuan was taking bribes and for this serious crime got life sentence in prison. By using the position during those 13 (long) years the 67-year-old has arranged project contracts, investment operations and fixing matches receiving various gifts and money of over 81 million yuan (over 11.1 million euros). The property was confiscated, while the amount is transferred to state treasury.

Admitting the guilt and feeling remorse of what he did, this Tuesday the Hubei court has stated that the former official did a "tremendous damage" to Chinese football.

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Must go to prison after all

Eleven years ago six Brazilian men have met a woman, treated her alcohol in an Italian nightclub, and soon after that the whole group have assaulted her. Four years later the court in Milan have convicted the sextet of gang rape of the 22-year-old victim from Albania, while the Appeal court in 2020 and Italian Supreme court at 2022 have only confirm that verdict.

One of those cowards was Robson de Souza who at that time has played on the Apennine Peninsula but nowadays lives back home. Because it is wide known that Brazil does not extradite its citizens to other countries, everyone thought that this serious crime would go unpunished. However, last Wednesday this saga has ended the Brazilian Supreme court who just validate the sentence of its judging colleagues from the other side of the world: that the 40-year-old have to serve 9 years in prison at one of the local facilities.

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Foreign money that have made a very big trouble

Eight days ago the Spanish police officers have stormed its own football federation in which they arrested seven people of suspicion of financial malversation, and the officials are accused of dividing the fresh received money among themselves.

Since 2019 the Spanish Super Cup event was (suddenly) transferred to be staged in Saudi Arabia and ever since then this partnership was suspicious, while five years later concrete actions were made. During the raid, the home of the former president of the federation at that time, was also searched in Granada. Luis Rubiales was not in the country, but nevertheless it was stated that the 46-year-old would have been detained as well. The company of the ex national player Gerard Pique was intermediary for negotiations of this work signing a six-year deal worth 213,7 million euros with the largest Middle East country where at the end Kosmos has earned 24 million euros from mediation.

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Schedule is now familiar

The whole schedule of where and when the summer duels are taking place together with every kick off is available on the website of the European football organization for it major team championship of the continent. Yesterday the final three participants have emerged, but the layout for the Euro has been revealed 06 March.

For the players there are 22 working days / nights together with 9 days of rest, which makes exactly one month of the competition where is divided on 2 parts: on 3 group phase nights and 4 knockout stages (last 16, quarter final, semi final and final play), while spectators and television viewers awaits 51 matches who have to make their schedule for 3 starting times throughout the event.

This layout can be seen or even download in pdf format from their website on the mentioned day of release.

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Lower league for some - upper for others

Nations league - European version, play - out: duel about promotion to league C or relegation to league D for 2024-25 season, leg 2:

Lithuania - Gibraltar 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 50 (49.57) Fedor Chernych

Additional information: beginning from this season Lithuania will compete at league C, while participant for league D is Gibraltar for this event.

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