Police swoop on a luxury Sydney apartment building, ending the 11-month flight of a problem gambler said to be linked to a colourful former mayor’s decision to carry a bag with $50,000 through a Melbourne airport. Inside the Sydney apartment, Queensland police will allege, is $207,000 in cash and another $50,000 in poker chips, despite…
Phil Mickelson has long been known as golf’s consummate escape artist. His signature flop shot has turned innumerable misdirected approaches into tap-in pars. When his drive on the 13th hole at Augusta National in the final round of the 2010 Masters settled on pine straw, Mickelson fired a 6-iron between two trees and onto the…
Police swoop on a luxury Sydney apartment building, ending the 11-month flight of a problem gambler said to be linked to a colourful former mayor’s decision to carry a bag with $50,000 through a Melbourne airport. Inside the Sydney apartment, Queensland police will allege, is $207,000 in cash and another $50,000 in poker chips, despite…
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…
