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Blair was keen to relocate Wimbledon FC to Belfast in late 1990s, papers show

Prime minister thought idea of moving club to Northern Ireland should be encouraged ‘as much as possible’ The former prime minister Sir Tony Blair was keen on an idea to relocate the Premier League football side Wimbledon FC to Belfast in the late 1990s. Previously confidential state papers include a note from 1997 described as

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Afghanistan football president and coach forced me to fix matches, claims banned player

Kohistani alleges he had ‘no choice’ but to email match-fixerKeram and Kargar deny claims; Fifa yet to reopen investigation A former Afghanistan international given a lifetime ban from football has claimed he was forced by his coach and the president of the country’s football federation to send emails to a notorious match-fixer in an attempt

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