A high court judgment in which current England assistant manager Sammy Lee was found to have "knowingly given false evidence has been upheld by the court of appeal." Lee, as manager of Bolton Wanderers for a short period in '07 after taking over from Sam Allardyce, "was found to have lied about his club’s involvement in signing the midfield player Gavin McCann, who had been poached by the agents SEM." The FA has "never taken any action against anybody involved in the case," despite findings revealing that Bolton and SEM then backdated the contract for McCann, and that Lee and other witnesses gave false evidence. Following the upholding of the judgment’s findings on appeal, the FA declined to comment (London GUARDIAN, 11/7).
Indonesia's Ministry of Tourism "has agreed to form a partnership" with the Indonesian Cycling Federation (ISSI) to promote sports tourism through cycling events. The two parties met on Monday to discuss matters related to the collaboration, "including funding support as the ministry will act as sponsor of various ISSI events in the future" (JAKARTA GLOBE, 11/8).
The Indian cricket team "is not losing sleep" over the introduction of the Decision Review System in the five-Test series against England starting on Wednesday with captain Virat Kohli saying the referral process "is not rocket science." Kohli: "Well there is no rocket science on DRS. As a cricketer you understand, you have a fair idea of where the ball has hit the pad, whether it has pitched in line or hit in line" (PTI, 11/8).
Pakistan's "two promising taekwondo athletes will not be able to chip in the WTF Junior World Taekwondo Championship" as they have been denied visas by the Canadian Embassy, which stated that they have "insufficient funds to travel to Canada and feature in the event." The event is scheduled to take place in Burnaby, Canada, from Nov. 14-20 (AFP, 11/8).
