Rome  - Serie A side Torino have r

Rome  - Serie A footballers Franco Brienza and Salvatore Aronica and the retired Vincenzo Montalbano are under investigation for match-rigging while playing for lower-division Ascoli in 2003, Il Giornale di Sicilia newspaper reported Tuesday.

Police in Palermo could charge them with sports fraud in connection with an investigation on alleged ties between the Mafia and the local football club, the report said.

Zurich - Football's governing body FIFA and the European body UEFA on Tuesday said they rejected the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) 'whereabouts' rule.

In a statement issued by FIFA the organizations said they rejected the notion of having to inform doping officials of the individual location of team-sport athletes.

Berlin - The leader of the far-right National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD), Udo Voigt, went on trial Tuesday accused of sedition and insult of a black player in Germany's national football team.

The charges, brought by footballer Patrick Owomoyela and the German Football Federation (DFB), relate to a calendar of events published by the NPD ahead of the 2006 World Cup in Germany.

The planner pictured the host country's white football shirt alongside the statement, "White. Not just a shirt colour! For a real NATIONAL team!"

London - Manchester United duo Wayne Rooney and Paul Scholes have received one-match bans for their red cards against Fulham last weekend.

Rooney was given a second yellow card for throwing the ball in anger towards referee Phil Dowd during the 2-0 defeat at Craven Cottage.

Scholes was sent off early on for handling the ball on the line.

Both men will miss United's next match, at home to Aston Villa, on April 5.