Paul Bray

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UEFA match fixing?


UEFA boss Platini has some investigating to do

Just now, UEFA are investigating several matches in the Champions League and UEFA Cup for signs of match fixing. The story goes that several teams from Eastern Europe would rather lose their matches by a big score and earn big money than lose fairly and not earn a penny. It's quite understandable...

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Forsberg tries again


Peter Forsberg (right) at the Avalanche in 1997

Well, at least there was one week without any news on the Phoeninx Coyotes.

After missing the pre-season training camp, it was assumed (at least officially) that trainer Wayne Gretzky would join the team in good time before the start of the season. Now the club has realized what the rest of us expected; Gretzky has resigned from the troubled club. The new coach will be ex-Dallas Star...

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Moving the goal post?

An unusual occurrence has shaken up the Swedish footballing scene after last night's match between Örebro IK and IFK Göteborg in the Allsvenskan. Watch the above video and you'll see; this would never have happened with Nordic Sport goal frames as they are braced well with a system of stays. For the Swedish-challenged among you: after 20 minutes of the match, the referee...

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Assistant's assistant?

The group stages of the Champions League and the Europa League started last week without too much of a fuss. Perhaps the most controversial element was the use of five on-field officials in the Europa League. This experiment is said to be the brainchild of UEFA President Michel Platini, favouring the extra officials over the use of video replays, which, in his opinion, create lengthy delays in the game. The first night of the experiment must have been a...

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New season

With the ice-hockey season getting under way here in Europe and the NHL start imminent, I thought it would be easy to find something to write about but the first week for ages that the Phoenix Coyotes sale hasn't made headlines proved to be light on other news.

Last season's losing finalists, Detroit Red Wings, have also lost a few players. All in all, they will have to be without players that answered for 88 goals and 99 assists of...

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