Double Olympic table tennis champion Kong Linghui (right in the picture) was suspended as head of the Chinese women’s team on Tuesday, the country’s sports association said on its website, after it emerged that he faced a lawsuit over a gambling debt. Kong, who won gold at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Games, was reported…
A “greedy” ex-footballer stole more than £15,000 from a Cardiff high school to pay off hefty gambling debts after losing his career earnings, a court heard. Cortez Belle, 33, who has played for teams including Port Talbot Town, Carmarthen and Merthyr, previously pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud by abuse of position and one…
A FORMER Newport County AFC player who admitted defrauding the school he worked at of more than £15,000 to pay off gambling debts has been branded an “idiot” by a judge. Cortez Belle, who played for The Exiles in 2005, appeared at Cardiff Crown Court today, Thursday, after previously admitting two counts of fraud in…
A FORMER Newport County AFC player who admitted defrauding the school he worked at of more than £15,000 to pay off gambling debts has been branded an “idiot” by a judge. Cortez Belle, who played for The Exiles in 2005, appeared at Cardiff Crown Court today, Thursday, after previously admitting two counts of fraud in…
GROSSE POINTE, Mich. (WJBK) – Nick Cinqueranelli has a good job, lots of friends and a beautiful family but he’s behind bars accused of robbing several local banks. “He unfortunatley is addicted to something in this case is worse than drugs,” said David Griem. “And that’s gambling.” Griem never thought this Cinqueranelli would be his…
Liu, who won the singles and doubles gold medals at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, is taking a job as vice-chairman of the China Table Tennis Association, the Xinhua news agency reported, citing the association. He was appointed to coach the national men’s team at the age of 27 years old in 2003 and handed over…
His attack at Resorts World Manila took place a week after Duterte declared martial law and suspended the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus in Mindanao, as soldiers and Maute Group terrorists clash in Marawi City, Lanao del Sur. Carlos shot his automatic rifle into the air, but did not shot anyone in the…
A man was abducted on a Boston street and taken to Queens over a gambling debt but he was able to escape through a bathroom window before the goons could cut off his fingers, law enforcement sources told The Post on Friday. The 27-year-old victim told his captors he had to use the john before…
A terrified Boston restaurant worker flagged down cops Thursday morning in Queens and told them he had been kidnapped over a $50,000 gambling debt by men who threatened to chop off his fingers, sources said. The 27-year-old man said he escaped their clutches by leaping out of a second-story window in Flushing…
A former Olympic gold Chinese table tennis player is facing a HK$2.55 million lawsuit over a gaming debt to a prestigious Singaporean hotel where he was dubbed a premium player. Kong Linghui, also known as the ping-pong prince, is being sued by Marina Bay Sands for failing to repay fully a sum of S$1 million…
