Warsaw  - Former Polish sports minister Tomasz Lipiec went on trial Thursday on five criminal charges including corruption and fraud in 2004-2007.

Lipiec, who pleaded not guilty to the charges, faces up to 10 years in prison on conviction, the Polish Press Agency PAP reported. He did not comment to reporters and the trial was closed to media.

Prosecutors did not reveal the total amount of alleged bribes involved, but the amount is "at least 100,000 zloty (29,587 dollars)", according to the weekly Wprost.

Trier, Germany  - Players at German fourth-division side Eintracht Trier had to train in the early hours of the morning this week as punishment following a defeat, it was reported Thursday.

Coach Mario Basler, a former Germany international, was so annoyed at the 3-0 defeat at SC Verl he put his team through their paces after they arrived back home well after midnight.

The training session began at 1.33 a. m. and ended at 2.17 a. m., the Trierischer Volksfreunde newspaper reported under the headline "No April Fools' Day joke: Training at

London, Apr. 2: The new England shirt goes on sale today and fans reckon that it is a real winner.

Umbro’s latest design was given its first run when England took on Slovakia last Saturday. It features the famous Three Lions crest and a snazzy button-up collar.

The 50-pound shirt has been designed with comfort in mind.

The Daily Star quoted David Blanch, Umbro senior designer and the man behind the kit, as saying that: “It’s flexible and comfortable.”

Berlin  - Police and demonstrators have been flexing their muscles in the run-up to this week's summit celebrating the 60th anniversary of the founding of NATO.

Around 150 anti-NATO campaigners clashed with police Tuesday night on the outskirts of the French city of Strasbourg, co-host to the April 3-4 gathering along with Kehl and Baden-Baden in Germany.

Police used tear gas to disperse the protesters who had gathered to voice their anger at the strict identification checks imposed to prevent troublemakers from disrupting the summit.

Santiago  -

La Paz  - Former world top scorer Joaquin Botero was the hat- trick hero for Bolivia as they stunned Argentina 6-1 Wednesday in the South American World Cup qualifiers.

"Bolivia was better than us and gave us a thrashing that would have seemed impossible if we had thought about it before the game," Argentina coach Diego Maradona said. "They did well to beat us, and we have to start again. Bolivia has been better than us in every corner of the pitch."