Police in Brazil are looking for the killers of the former leader of a death squad in Sao Paulo who was shot a month after being released from a lengthy jail term. The man, a former Brazilian policeman known as Corporal Bruno, had served nearly 30 years for murdering at least 50 people as well as numerous cases of extortion.
The former England football captain John Terry has been found guilty of racially abusing another player during a match. The Football Association's Disciplinary panel has fined him and banned him for four matches. Mr. Terry said he was disappointed that the panel had reached a different conclusion to the lower courts which cleared him of the same offence. Paul [Motima] is a former footballer and now works for the organization show racism the red card. He says it is about time that the footballer (in) authorities took action about the language used on the pitch.
We have to comment the FA for showing that it take(s) it seriously. There is no place for racism or any kind of that kind of language within football. As for those… you know, what was said, [you know,] there is a lot of allegation about it. The simple fact of the merits, especially with the FA, it is about the words being used. Players have a duty to conduct themselves properly.
Prosecutors in Germany have charged two Russians with espionage, alleging that the pair had been operating in the country as spies for more than 20 years. The Germans say the man and woman entered the country with false Austrian documentation and led a middle-class existence to cover up their activity. Prosecutors claimed that, in return for annual salary, they were collecting intelligence on the European Union and/or NATO, and on Germany's relations with both.