1949: - Manchester United played their first game back at Old Trafford, following bombing damage sustained during the Second World War. 41,748 supporters watched a 3-0 victory over Bolton Wanderers.
2006: - Juventus, who were demoted to Serie B on the 14th July with a 30-point penalty, that was later reduced to a 17-point penalty officially lodged an appeal to the Italian Civil Courts, despite the FIGC warning against further penalties against them.
2006: - Takeshi Okada resigned as the manager of Yokohama Marinos, after he felt that he had to accept responsibility for the teams’ poor performance, after the team lost 2-1 to Omiya Ardija, the clubs second straight defeat.
2006: - Both the police and the Football Association announced their plans to investigate Ben Thatcher’s elbow-first challenge that hospitalised Portsmouth’s Pedro Mendes during the sides’ Premiership clash on the 23rd August. Thatcher was booked for an elbow on the midfielder early in the second-half as both players chased the ball; Mendes was then knocked unconscious and suffered a seizure, remaining in hospital overnight.
2006: - Dutch international defender Joris Mathijsen agreed a four-year contract with Hamburger SV after he completed his €10million.
2006: - Millonarios, one of South America's best-known clubs, fired coach Miguel Augusto Prince on Thursday, six games into the Colombian Clausura championship. Prince was replaced by Juan Carlos Osorio, assistant coach at English Premier League Manchester City since 2001.
2006: - Vietnamese police have charged a former national team soccer player with match fixing at last year's Southeast Asian Games, state media said. Truong Tan Hai is accused of paying seven players 500 million dong ($31,230) to ensure Vietnam beat Myanmar 1-0 in a SEA Games group match, the Thanh Nien newspaper reported. The players told Hai to use their money to place bets with another underground gambling ring to double their winnings, the daily said. The narrow 1-0 scoreline against minnows Myanmar attracted favourable odds given Vietnam's impressive form going into the tournament, which was held in ManilaHai is now facing two charges of match-fixing after he was arrested in March for accepting bribes during the 2000-2001 V-League title, won by Song Lam-Nghe An. He is accused of accepting 300 million dong ($18,700) from a former Song Lam player to throw a crucial end of season game. Seven others who played that day are under house arrest awaiting trial.
2006: - Juventus, who were demoted to Serie B on the 14th July with a 30-point penalty, that was later reduced to a 17-point penalty officially lodged an appeal to the Italian Civil Courts, despite the FIGC warning against further penalties against them.
2006: - Takeshi Okada resigned as the manager of Yokohama Marinos, after he felt that he had to accept responsibility for the teams’ poor performance, after the team lost 2-1 to Omiya Ardija, the clubs second straight defeat.
2006: - Both the police and the Football Association announced their plans to investigate Ben Thatcher’s elbow-first challenge that hospitalised Portsmouth’s Pedro Mendes during the sides’ Premiership clash on the 23rd August. Thatcher was booked for an elbow on the midfielder early in the second-half as both players chased the ball; Mendes was then knocked unconscious and suffered a seizure, remaining in hospital overnight.
2006: - Dutch international defender Joris Mathijsen agreed a four-year contract with Hamburger SV after he completed his €10million.
2006: - Millonarios, one of South America's best-known clubs, fired coach Miguel Augusto Prince on Thursday, six games into the Colombian Clausura championship. Prince was replaced by Juan Carlos Osorio, assistant coach at English Premier League Manchester City since 2001.
2006: - Vietnamese police have charged a former national team soccer player with match fixing at last year's Southeast Asian Games, state media said. Truong Tan Hai is accused of paying seven players 500 million dong ($31,230) to ensure Vietnam beat Myanmar 1-0 in a SEA Games group match, the Thanh Nien newspaper reported. The players told Hai to use their money to place bets with another underground gambling ring to double their winnings, the daily said. The narrow 1-0 scoreline against minnows Myanmar attracted favourable odds given Vietnam's impressive form going into the tournament, which was held in ManilaHai is now facing two charges of match-fixing after he was arrested in March for accepting bribes during the 2000-2001 V-League title, won by Song Lam-Nghe An. He is accused of accepting 300 million dong ($18,700) from a former Song Lam player to throw a crucial end of season game. Seven others who played that day are under house arrest awaiting trial.
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