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• Benitez wants to see referees' chief after Mascherano red

  - 2008-03-25

  LIVERPOOL AFP — Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez wants to meet with Premier League referees boss Keith Hackett following the controversial sending-off of Javier Mascherano at Old Trafford. Mascherano was ordered off the field by Steve Bennett for showing dissent and Benitez, while accepting his player was wrong to argue...

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• Shaken-up sumo champ Asashoryu to see psychiatrist

  - 2007-08-02

  TOKYO AFP — Top-ranked sumo champion Asashoryu needs to see a psychiatrist after being shaken up by the severe punishment handed out by the sport's authorities, his stable master said. The Japan Sumo Association has banned the Mongolian legend from competing until late November after he was caught playing...

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• Press wonders if it's end of sumo grand champ Asashoryu

  - 2007-08-01

  TOKYO AFP — The Japanese press wondered Thursday if sumo authorities' unprecedented punishment on top-ranked Asashoryu would mean the end of his illustrious but controversial career. The Japan Sumo Association Wednesday banned the Mongolian -- the fifth ranked wrestler in the history of the ancient sport -- for playing...

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• NBA banishes Georgian center one game for elbowing Frenchman

  - 2006-12-06

  NEW YORK AFP — Atlanta's Zaza Pachulia, a 22-year-old center from Georgia, was suspended one game without pay by the National Basketball Association for a flagrant foul in a loss to Seattle. Stu Jackson, NBA vice president of basketball operations, announced the punishment stemming from an incident with 57 seconds...

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• Chelsea's Mourinho slams referee after Spurs defeat

  - 2006-11-06

  LONDON AFP — Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho's penchant for polemics may have landed him in more trouble with the English Football Association FA. His latest outburst was aimed in the direction of referee Graham Poll after he watched his side lose 1-2 at Tottenham on Saturday. Chelsea went ahead through...

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• Juventus lodge appeal with CONI

  - 2006-08-01

  ROME AFP — Disgraced Italian football giants Juventus lodged their appeal with the Italian Olympic Committee CONI against relegation to Serie B and a 17 point penalty for matchfixing seeking a reduction of their punishment. However two other clubs found guilty of matchfixing Lazio and Fiorentina, who despite being...

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• Sailor banned for two more matches, fined over nightclub episode

  - 2006-02-28

  SYDNEY AFP — Wallaby winger Wendell Sailor was suspended for an additional two matches and fined an extra 3,500 dollars (2,587 US) over an incident outside a Cape Town nightclub during the New South Wales Waratah's tour of South Africa earlier this month. The punishment came on top of...

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• Cahill handed three-game ban

  - 2005-12-01

  LONDON AFP — Australia's Tim Cahill was given a three-match ban by the Football AssociationFA after losing his appeal against a violent conduct charge. The Everton midfielder was charged following his clash with Newcastle defender Celestine Babayaro on Sunday. Both men escaped punishment from referee Howard Webb even...

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• Manchester United accept Rooney ban

  - 2005-09-21

  MANCHESTER, England AFP — Manchester United have decided not to appeal against Wayne Rooney's two-match Champions League ban handed down by European soccer governing body UEFA. The 19-year-old England international was dismissed against Spanish side Villarreal last week for reacting to a booking by clapping in referee Kim Milton...

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• Henry slams Aragones fine

  - 2005-03-04

  LONDON AFP — Thierry Henry has told world soccer governing body FIFA to step in and increase the severity of Spain coach Luis Aragones's punishment for racism. Aragones was fined 3,000 euros (3,935 dollars) by the Spanish FA after he'd tried to inspire striker Jose Antonio Reyes by telling...

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