Post by Yellowbeard on Feb 3, 2006 8:15:04 GMT 10
Maybe this is to blame for the standard of A League Reffing 
Refereeing probe nets 29
From correspondents in Lisbon, Portugal
February 3, 2006
PORTUGAL's attorney-general's office has laid charges against 29 people following a two-year investigation into alleged attemps to bribe referees.
The people charged were based near Gondomar, a suburb of Oporto, whose mayor, Valentim Loureiro, is also the chairman of the Portuguese Professional Football League, the office said in a statement.
In April 2004, police detained 16 people for questioning, including sports executives and referees mostly from second-tier clubs, as part of Operation Golden Whistle
Police have questioned Loureiro as well as the head of the autonomous referees' council, Antonio Pinto de Sousa, and the chairman of former European champion FC Porto, Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa, as part of the probe.
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The statement did not identify anyone who has been charged, saying only that they had been charged with crimes related to sports activities.
Refereeing probe nets 29
From correspondents in Lisbon, Portugal
February 3, 2006
PORTUGAL's attorney-general's office has laid charges against 29 people following a two-year investigation into alleged attemps to bribe referees.
The people charged were based near Gondomar, a suburb of Oporto, whose mayor, Valentim Loureiro, is also the chairman of the Portuguese Professional Football League, the office said in a statement.
In April 2004, police detained 16 people for questioning, including sports executives and referees mostly from second-tier clubs, as part of Operation Golden Whistle
Police have questioned Loureiro as well as the head of the autonomous referees' council, Antonio Pinto de Sousa, and the chairman of former European champion FC Porto, Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa, as part of the probe.
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The statement did not identify anyone who has been charged, saying only that they had been charged with crimes related to sports activities.