- everything football  'Sex bribe' referees charged  By Football
News  A trio of Lebanese referees have been charged with
accepting sexual bribes to fix an AFC Cup match in Singapore.
Referee Ali Sabbagh and his assistants Ali Eid and Abdallah
Taleb were replaced shortly before Tampines Rovers' match
against East Bengal on Wednesday after Singapore's Corrupt
Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) claimed they had received
sexual favours as part of a match-fixing plan.  The Asian
Football Confederation organised officials from Thailand and
Malaysia to referee the match in Clementi, Singapore, which East
Bengal won 4-2, while Sabbagh, Eid and Taleb fronted a Singapore
court on Thursday.  "Ali Sabbagh, Ali Eid and Abdallah Taleb
were produced in court, each with a charge of one count of
corruptly receiving gratification, in the form of free sexual
service," a statement from the CPIB read.   "The Bureau works
closely with the Football Association of Singapore and the
authorities to keep the local soccer scene cle