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Captain Terry admits misconduct charge
LONDON: Chelsea captain John Terry admitted on Monday a charge of improper conduct following his comments about referee Graham Poll after being sent off against Tottenham in November.
The England skipper has withdrawn a request for a personal hearing and his case will now be decided by a Football Association disciplinary commission on Tuesday. He could now be banned, fined or face some combination of both punishments.
Centre-back Terry's questioning of the reasons behind Poll's decision to show him a second yellow card, during a broadcast on Chelsea's own television station, led the FA to think he might be impugning the referee's integrity.
Srnicek staying on at Newcastle
NEWCASTLE, England: Pavel Srnicek is to remain at Premiership side Newcastle until the end of the season, the goalkeeper announced on Monday.
Former Czech international Srnicek, 38, arrived for a second spell at St James' Park in September on a three-month deal as cover for Shay Given and Steve Harper.
The keeper, who spent seven years with north-east side Newcastle from 1991 to 1998, then made his return before Christmas with Srnicek playing the final few minutes of United's 3-1 victory over Tottenham due to Given sustaining an injury, and then the 90 minutes of the 2-1 defeat at Bolton on Boxing Day.
Srnicek has since been on the substitutes' bench, and with Harper still out with a hernia problem, he will now stay on for the remainder of the season.
Arenas earns weekly NBA honor
NEW YORK: Red-hot Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas was named the Eastern Conference player of the week on Monday by the National Basketball Association.
Arenas, who was the player of the month for December, claimed his third career weekly honor, while Minnesota Timberwolves forward Kevin Garnett was honored in the Western Conference.
Arenas averaged 33.3 points, 7.3 rebounds, 7.3 assists and 2.7 steals in helping the Wizards win two of three games.
In Wednesday's 108-105 victory over Milwaukee, he had 32 points, 11 rebounds, eight assists, four steals and sank a buzzer-beating 32-footer to win the game.
(China Daily 01/10/2007 page23)
