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Thursday, 1 December 2011

Redknapp trial date set

Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp has been accused of cheating the public revenue, and will face a two-week trial in January.

The Spurs’ coach is currently recovering from heart surgery, and has handed over first-team duties to his backroom staff Joe Jordan and Kevin Bond in recent weeks.

Redknapp will stand trial with Sheffield Wednesday owner Milan Mandaric from January 23.

With the trial date scheduled to start the day after an away trip to league leaders Manchester City, and clashes against Wigan Athletic and Liverpool also scheduled for during the hearing, this will be seen as another unwanted distraction for the north London club.

The duo each face two counts of cheating the public revenue, dating back to when they were manager and chairman respectively of south coast outfit Portsmouth.

The indictment reads: “Mandaric and Redknapp, between 1 April 2002 and 28 November 2007, with intent to defraud and to the prejudice of HM Revenue and Customs, arranged for $145,000, paid by Mandaric as a result of or in connection with Redknapp’s employment and as a reward for services, to be transferred to a Monaco bank account opened by Redknapp for that purpose, in order to conceal the said emolument from HM Revenue and Customs and evade the payment of income tax and national insurance contributions thereon (whether by the operation of PAYE by the club or otherwise).”

The indictment continues for count two: “Mandaric and Redknapp between 1 May 2004 and 28 November 2007, with intent to defraud and to the prejudice of HM Revenue and Customs, arranged for $150,000, paid by Mandaric as a result of or in connection with Redknapp’s employment and as a reward for services, to be transferred to a Monaco bank account opened by Redknapp for that purpose, in order to conceal the said employment income from HM Revenue and Customs and evade the payment of income tax and national insurance contributions thereon (whether by the operation of PAYE by the club or otherwise).”

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Tuesday, 28 December 2010

Celtic trial for Dwayne de Rosario

Dec 28, 2010

Canadian midfielder Dwayne de Rosario has joined Scottish giants Glasgow Celtic on trial, the club have revealed.

De Rosario, 32, is currently contracted to MLS outfit Toronto FC, and has two leaves left on his contract with TFC.

Toronto denied reports that De Rosario had left the club on trial, but Celtic manager Neil Lennon confirmed to the media that the former San Jose Earthquakes and Houston Dynamo medio had indeed joined the Hoops on trial for a week.

Thursday, 23 December 2010

Webb open to technology trial

High-profile referee Howard Webb has thrown his support behind the introduction of goal-line technology in football.

Webb, officiator of the 2010 FIFA World Cup final, believes that any technology with the potential to aid referees should be investigated.

The debate was re-ignited at this year’s World Cup following a controversial decision not to award England a legitimate goal in their last-16 play-off loss to Germany.

“It’s got to be worth looking at to make our job on those really crucial decisions that bit easier,” Webb told the BBC.

“I don’t think you’ll find many referees who say it’s not something we want’. (But) it’s difficult to do.”

Webb is keen for football’s governing body, FIFA, to re-open investigations into the feasibility of such technology.

“It’s a matter of fact whether or not all of the ball has crossed all of the goal-line between the posts and under the crossbar,” he said.

“Bearing in mind that’s the entire aim of the sport, to score a goal.”

“If we were to have some support – some assistance that was totally accurate and totally reliable – and instantaneous, then I guess it’s got to be worth looking at.”

“We sit here in 2010 and other sports have embraced certain types of technology. Football hasn’t – but that tells me that’s because it’s really difficult, without changing the basic way the game is played. That’s the fear, which I understand.”

Wed 22 December, 2010