EPL side West Brom striker Salomon Rondon has "led a revolt" against the Venezuelan Football Federation (FVF), after the team's "shocking start to World Cup qualifying." Venezuela, the only South American country never to reach the World Cup, has ended the year bottom of the 10-nation group without a point after four matches, "sparking speculation that coach Noel Sanvicente would resign." Several core players, including Rondon, have "now threatened to quit" unless FVF directors resign (London DAILY MAIL, 12/1). ... The Greek public prosecutors who declined to pursue charges against Olympiacos in the "so-called Koriopolis match-fixing scandal have been accused of accepting bribes as they considered the case." Volos, Greece Mayor and Olympiacos Volou Owner Achilleas Beos -- who is one of 85 defendants in the Koriopolis trial -- has lodged a claim through the Greek civil courts. He alleged that Panagiotis Pouliou, a deputy public prosecutor, and Giannis Tzimplakis, who chaired the three-man panel of judges that considered whom to indict earlier this year, "acted in bad faith in public office" (INSIDE WORLD FOOTBALL, 12/2).
