World Soccer Daily: 10 stories you need to read, October 19th, 2011
Coach commits suicideThe former coach of South Korean club Sangmu Phoenix has been found dead in an apparent suicide, three months after being charged as part of an investigation into a match-fixing.
Lee Su-chul was found guilty of blackmailing a player in the K-League match-fixing scandal.
Military side Sangmu had nine players charged with various offences connected to the match fixing allegations.
Lee’s death follows an apparent suicide in May of a player for the military side who was allegedly involved in the scandal.
Blazer on fireFIFA official Chuck Blazer has dismissed allegations of impropriety made by former colleague Jack Warner, as “an amazing work of fiction”.
Warner, who resigned from all football activities after being charged with bribery, has hinted, none-too-subtly, that Blazer has a number of skeletons in his closet. As a longstanding member of FIFA’s executive committee, that is surely a given.
“The role of Blazer in CONCACAF will be exposed,” wrote Warner. ”His addiction to the stock market and how this impacted on the CONCACAF’s finances will all be revealed.
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