Football: The German Football Association (DFB) has appointed a special commission to investigate the ongoing match fixing scandal. It reported that the results of nine matches have been appealed. The German tabloidBild published the names of three referees and nine players allegedly implicated by admitted fixer Robert Hoyzer. Also, a Munich sports book revealed that it had notified the DFB in August 2004 of unusually heavy betting on two matches worked by Hoyzer. (Reuters/Yahoo!)[permanent dead link]
Two of the men arrested in Berlin on 28 January have reportedly implicated three Hertha Berlin players in the scheme. The players are alleged to have worked with the arrested men to fix a September 2004 German Cup tie between Hertha and Eintracht Braunschweig, which Braunschweig won 3–2 with the aid of an own goal by one of the accused players. (AP/Yahoo!)[permanent dead link]
Football: Chelsea Football Club posts the largest annual loss in British football history for the 2003–2004 accounts — £87.8 million (US$166 million, €127 million). This is not a matter of particular concern as the club is bankrolled by its Russian billionaire chairman, Roman Abramovich. Chief Executive Peter Kenyon said that the club intends to break even by financial year 2009–2010. (BBC)
Football: The match fixing scandal in Germany centering on former refereeRobert Hoyzer deepened. Four arrests linked to the probe were made in Berlin today. Also, German media reported that Hoyzer told prosecutors that he was paid over €50,000 (USD 65,000) to fix matches, had seen other referees take payoffs, and heard that players were involved in the scheme as well. (AP/Yahoo!)[permanent dead link]
Ice hockey: Angela Ruggiero was the first woman to play in a professional, regular season game in the United States, and along with her brother Bill, was the first brother/sister combination to play in a professional hockey game in the US.
Rodney Marsh, the former England national football star, has been fired from his position as a pundit on Sky Sports because of a joke he made live on air concerning the Asian tsunami. (Mirror)
25 January 2005 (Tuesday)
Cricket: England (359 and 73 for 4) draw the Fifth Test at Centurion Park, Pretoria against South Africa (247 and 296 for 6 dec) to win their 5 Test match series 2–1. This is the first time in 40 years that England have secured a series victory in South Africa. (Cricinfo)
Boxing: Eric Regan causes a mild upset by defeating former world champion Yori Boy Campas by a twelve-round unanimous decision, to retain his continental Jr. Middleweight title. (Boxing Central)
NFL: Former Oakland Raiders offensive lineman Barrett Robbins is formally charged with three counts of attempted murder in an incident involving Miami Beach, Florida policemen which left one officer injured and Robbins hospitalized with two gunshot wounds. (Miami Herald)
Swimming: FINA strips Montreal of hosting duties for the world swimming championships for 2005 because the city couldn't raise sufficient funds. Athens, host of the 2004 Summer Olympics, looks to be the likely replacement.(USA Today)
England (411 for 8 dec & 332 for 9 dec) beat South Africa (419 & 247) to win the fourth Test match of their five-match series by 77 runs, with approximately 9 overs remaining. It is the first time in 49 years that England have won at the Wanderers Ground, Johannesburg. Matthew Hoggard's 12 for 205 wins him the man of the match award, and improves his World Ranking to 10. England now lead the series 2–1. (Cricinfo)
Bangladesh (211 & 285 for 5) and Zimbabwe (298 & 286) draw the second test in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Bangladesh win the two-test series 1–0, their first ever series victory. (BBC)
The Philadelphia Eagles advance to their fourth consecutive NFC championship game by defeating the Minnesota Vikingsin Philadelphia 27–14. Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb threw for 286 yards and two touchdowns. Although Vikings quarterback Daunte Culpepper threw for 316 yards, he was intercepted twice, and the Vikings also hurt themselves with a personnel mixup on a fake field goal and three key pass interference calls. The Eagles will host the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship Game on January 23. (AP/ESPN)
Michelle Kwan wins U.S. championships gold for a record-tying ninth time matching a mark set by Maribel Vinson in the 1930s. It's her eighth title in a row, and ninth in the last 10 years. Sasha Cohen wins the silver medal, and 15-year-old Kimmie Meissner wins the bronze medal. Kwan is awarded 4 perfect 6's for her long program, bringing her career total at the U.S. championships to 42. Meissner nails a triple Axel during her free skate, becoming just the second woman in the history of the event to successfully attempt the move. Tonya Harding was the first to do so in 1991. (AP/SF Chronicle)
In ice dancing, Tanith Belbin and Benjamin Agosto win their second straight gold medal at the State Farm U.S. Figure Skating Championships. The pair got perfect 6's across the board for presentation in the free dance, making them the first performers in the history of the event to get perfect 6's from all nine judges. They had already gotten 5 perfect 6's earlier in the event. They are now second on the all-time perfect 6's list at the U.S. skating championships with 14, behind Michelle Kwan.
In the pairs event, Katie Orscher and Garrett Lucash win their first U.S. title after two straight silver medals.
Outscoring the Sixers 36–17 in the fourth quarter, the Chicago Bulls rout the Philadelphia 76ers, 110–78, in Chicago. Chicago, which started the season 0–9, has now won 5 games in a row, and has moved into playoff contention. (NBA)
Peyton Manning throws for 457 yards for four touchdowns and just one interception, and makes 27 of 33 passes as the Indianapolis Colts rout the Denver Broncos 49–24 in Indianapolis. Reggie Wayne had 221 yards receiving and two touchdowns on just ten catches. This makes Denver the only wild-card team not to win in the first round of the playoffs this year.
Making 12 of 21 3-point attempts, the Memphis Grizzlies rout the Detroit Pistons 101–79 in Detroit. Detroit guard Richard Hamilton is held to 0-of-10 shooting from the floor but connects on all 14 free throws to become the first player in league history to lead his team in scoring without making a field goal. (NBA)
Jeff Wilkins kicks a 32-yard field goal in overtime to lead the St. Louis Rams to a 32–39 win over the New York Jetsin St. Louis. The win puts the Rams in the playoffs, but the Jets also clinch a playoff spot due to Buffalo's loss to Pittsburgh. (Yahoo!)
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