Graffiti, soccer fans hail Mladic after genocide verdict

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Graffiti hailing Ratko Mladic has appeared in the Serbian capital, reflecting nationalist support for the former Bosnian Serb military chief who was convicted last week of genocide by a U.N. court and sentenced to life in prison. Mladic’s name could be seen Tuesday sprayed in huge letters at several locations in... Read More

Criminal Justice News, International Justice Watch, News, Sports

International, Soccer

November 27, 2017

Oscar Pistorius murder sentence increased from six to 13 years

Oscar Pistorius has had his sentence increased from six years to 13 years and five months for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal increased the sentence after the state argued that his original term of six years was “shockingly lenient”. The athlete was not in court for the... Read More

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Pistorius

November 22, 2017

Source: Gymnastics doctor set to plead guilty to sex charges

DETROIT (AP) — A sports doctor accused of molesting several girls while working for USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University will plead guilty to multiple charges of sexual assault and face at least 25 years in prison, a person with knowledge of the agreement said. The person was not authorized to publicly discuss the agreement... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sexual Abuse, Sports

Gymnastics, Sexual Abuse, Sports

November 20, 2017

World Cup bribes, death threats: Corrupt world of FIFA

Hour after hour in a New York City courtroom, the schemes to corrupt world soccer are spilling out. The millions of dollars in “inducements” to secure contracts to televise matches. The bribes sought by FIFA executives with the power to determine World Cup hosts. The death threats for cooperating with investigators. It took the intervention... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sports

FIFA, Soccer

November 17, 2017

Key witness to return to witness stand in FIFA trial

NEW YORK (AP) — An ex-marketing executive from Argentina is due back on the witness stand for a fourth day in the U.S. corruption case against three former South American soccer officials. On Thursday, Alejandro Burzaco testified at a New York trial he arranged to pay 30 soccer officials about $160 million in bribes since... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sports

FIFA, Soccer, Sports

November 16, 2017

Cowboys’ Elliott drops appeal, will serve rest of 6-game ban

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott is ending his legal fight with five games remaining on a six-game suspension over alleged domestic violence. Elliott’s agents said Wednesday the decision by last year’s NFL rushing leader “is in no way an admission of wrongdoing.” Elliott had a hearing set in a federal... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sports

Cowbowys, Football, NFL, Sports

November 15, 2017

Jamaica’s Carter at court for Bolt Olympic relay medal case

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Jamaican sprinter Nesta Carter is at the Court of Arbitration for Sport to appeal against disqualification from the 2008 Olympics in a doping case that cost Usain Bolt a 4×100-meter relay gold medal. Carter shielded his face from media on arriving at sport’s highest court on Wednesday for a closed-doors hearing... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sports

Running, Sports

November 14, 2017

Ex-marketing executive: Fox Sports involved in soccer bribes

NEW YORK (AP) — Fox Sports partnered with a South American marketing firm to make millions of dollars in bribes to high-ranking soccer officials in exchange for broadcasting rights to major tournaments, the marketing company’s former CEO testified Tuesday at a U.S. corruption trial. Alejandro Burzaco, former CEO of the firm based in Argentina, testified... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sports

FIFA, Soccer, Sports

September 15, 2016

Top German court rejects Russians’ Paralympics admission bid

KARLSRUHE, Germany (AP) — Germany's highest court has thrown out a request from five Russian athletes to force the International Paralympic Committee to allow them to compete in the closing ceremony of the Rio de Janeiro Paralympics. Read More

International Justice Watch, News, Sports

Olympics, Russian, Sports

September 14, 2016

Prosecutors want new sentence in Vanderbilt rape case

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville prosecutors are asking the judge who sentenced a former Vanderbilt football player to 15 years in prison for his part in a gang rape to order a new sentencing hearing with a different judge. Read More

News, Sports

Rape, Sports, Vanderbilt

September 14, 2016

Al-Jazeera asking judge to dismiss players’ defamation suits

WASHINGTON (AP) — Al-Jazeera America is asking a judge to dismiss defamation lawsuits filed by two Major League Baseball players over statements made in the broadcaster's documentary about performance-enhancing drugs in sports. Read More

News, Sports

Al Jazeera, Baseball, Sports

September 13, 2016

FIFA opens bribery case against Sepp Blatter, 2 others

GENEVA (AP) — Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter is now facing a bribery case, and one of his former vice presidents was fined more than $1 million in a separate investigation into kickbacks. Read More

Sports

Athletes, Soccer, Sports

September 13, 2016

Lawsuit: Tennessee school officials knew of athlete abuse

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A lawsuit by a Tennessee high school basketball player who was raped and assaulted by teammates claims school officials knew athletes were being abused but did nothing. Read More

Sports

Athletes, Coaching, Sports

September 13, 2016

Prosecutor: Video shows ex-coach stalking boy who was slain

CANTON, N.Y. (AP) — Surveillance videos show that a former college soccer coach stalked his ex-girlfriend's 12-year-old son just before the boy was killed in 2011, a prosecutor told a judge Monday. Read More

Sports

Athletes, Sports

Graffiti, soccer fans hail Mladic after genocide verdict

Oscar Pistorius murder sentence increased from six to 13 years

Source: Gymnastics doctor set to plead guilty to sex charges

World Cup bribes, death threats: Corrupt world of FIFA

Key witness to return to witness stand in FIFA trial

Cowboys’ Elliott drops appeal, will serve rest of 6-game ban

Jamaica’s Carter at court for Bolt Olympic relay medal case

Ex-marketing executive: Fox Sports involved in soccer bribes

Top German court rejects Russians’ Paralympics admission bid

Prosecutors want new sentence in Vanderbilt rape case

Al-Jazeera asking judge to dismiss players’ defamation suits

FIFA opens bribery case against Sepp Blatter, 2 others

Lawsuit: Tennessee school officials knew of athlete abuse

Prosecutor: Video shows ex-coach stalking boy who was slain

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