Liga MX action resumed Tuesday, one week after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake "rocked central Mexico," with clubs marking the occasion with "touching tributes." In Guadalajara, Chivas and Lobos BUAP came onto the field for their match "in one line, with players mixed as if they were one team." In Morelia, players wore shirts that read "Mexico is on its feet" during the warmup, while Club Tijuana's shirts had "Fuerza Mexico" (Stay Strong Mexico) on the back (ESPN.com, 9/27).
Four football
referees in Malawi have been "
banned for life for match-fixing after they received just $20 between them to fix a game and returned $15 to the team doing the bribing" because it still lost. The match-fixing was revealed after Nchalo United lost in a penalty shootout after a 1-1 draw and demanded its money back. When the referees "could only stump up $15," Nchalo went to the authorities (
AP, 9/26).
The Qatar FA has "taken an initiative to convince FIFA about a new sports law proposed by the Kuwaiti government" in its bid to get the int'l ban on the country revoked. FIFA banned Kuwait from int'l football on October 15, 2015, citing "government interference in the running of the game" (GULF TIMES, 9/26).
