Sunderland and Norwich charged by FA over fracas

London, April 19

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Norwich City and Sunderland have been charged with failing to control their players during Saturday’s Premier League match at Carrow Road, the Football Association said on Tuesday.

The flashpoint occurred early in Sunderland’s 3-0 victory, when their defender DeAndre Yedlin was shoved into the advertising hoardings beside the dugout, sparking angry scenes of pushing and shoving between both sides’ players and coaching staff.

“It is alleged that in or around the fourth minute of the fixture, both clubs failed to ensure their players and/or officials conducted themselves in an orderly fashion,” the FA said in a statement. The clubs have until Thursday to respond to the charges.

German football ex-chief allowed to call Qatar ‘ cancer’

Dusseldorf: The Court of Dusseldorf  ruled in favour of the former president of the German Football Federation Theo Zwanziger on Tuesday, allowing him to call Qatar “a cancer on world football”. The court said in its ruling that Zwanziger did not commit libel and referred to the right to freedom of expression laid down in the German constitution.

Zwanziger had earlier referred in 2015 to Qatar as “a cancer on world football” in a radio interview about the awarding of the 2022 World Cup, which the Arab country will host in winter instead of summer. The former president then said that a country “smaller than Hesse (a German state),” where “human rights are violated” and has “insufferable summer heat” should not organise a major global sporting event. — Agencies