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David Coote: PGMOL suspends referee amid Liverpool and Jurgen Klopp viral video

David Coote pleads guilty to making indecent image of child

Former Premier League referee David Coote has pleaded guilty to making an indecent image of a child at Nottingham Crown Court on Tuesday, Afrosport reports. The 43-year-old was given the charge back in August following an investigation by Nottinghamshire police over allegation of a category A video which relates to the downloading, sharing and saving material, and is considered the most serious type of crime of...

UEFA President Ceferin aims dig at European Super League supporters

Ceferin warns against taking league matches outside Europe despite approval

UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has stated that moving European football league matches away from their stadiums poses a risk in breaking the game, Afrosport reports. The European football governing body on Monday granted approval for the La Liga match between Villarreal and Barcelona in December and the Serie A match between AC Milan and Como in February to be played in Miami and Perth respectively. Ceferin,...

David Coote: PGMOL suspends referee amid Liverpool and Jurgen Klopp viral video

Coote: Ex-Premier League referee denies charge of making indecent video of a child

Former Premier League referee David Coote pleaded not guilty to making an indecent image of a child after appearing at Nottingham Magistrates' Court on Thursday, Afrosport reports. Nottinghamshire Police confirmed on Wednesday that the 43-year-old was charged over the allegations relating to a video recovered by police in February which is considered the most serious of the categories of offences. Coote has now been granted conditional...

Blatter, Platini cleared as Swiss prosecutors drop decade-long case

Blatter, Platini cleared as Swiss prosecutors drop decade-long case

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and ex-UEFA president Michel Platini have finally seen the curtain fall on a saga that lasted more than a decade, Afrosport reports. The office of Switzerland’s attorney general announced on Thursday that it would not challenge the March verdicts of an appeal court, which cleared both men of any wrongdoing. Blatter and Platini had first gone on trial in 2022, facing...