Reggina punishment reduced
Brazil launch World Cup bid
Forest survive Cup scare
—– Reggina have the penalty for their involvement in Italy’s match-fixing scandal reduced from 15 points to 11.
The decision by the Italian Olympic Committee’s court of arbitration lifts them off the bottom of Serie A to 19th with nine points from 15 games.
Club president Pasquale Foti still isn’t happy though: “I am not satisfied. I don’t recognise the accusations against me and my club - Reggina are innocent.”
Juventus, Lazio and Fiorentina had their penalties reduced in October while AC Milan saw their punishment upheld.
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—– Brazil’s football confederation (CBF) officially launches its bid to host the World Cup finals in 2014.
The five-time winners have been favourites to stage the tournament since 2003 when the nine other South American nations agreed to back them as the continent’s only candidates.
South America is due to host the 2014 World Cup under a rotation system that starts in South Africa in 2010.
Their bid is opened as Ricardo Teixeira, the president of the CBF, delivers a letter of intent to FIFA’s management at the Club World Championship in Tokyo.
The last time the World Cup was held in South America was in Argentina in 1978.
—– League One leaders and former European champions Nottingham Forest survive a possible FA Cup giantkilling as the beat non-league Salisbury City (2-0) at the City Ground in their Second Round replay.
League Two Bristol Rovers and Torquay United win at League One AFC Bournemouth and Leyton Orient, respectively.
In the last-ever FA Cup game to be played at Belle Vue, Doncaster Rovers beat Mansfield Town (2-0). Rovers are due to move to their new Keepmoat Stadium prior to the Third Round tie with Bolton Wanderers.
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