• Most Popular
  • Most Shared

Pictures

A martial arts enthusiast pulls a vehicle with a rope connected to his eye sockets during a performance in Hefei, Anhui province November 30, 2009. Picture taken November 30, 2009. REUTERS/China Daily

Pictures of the year: Oddly

A look at the year's best strange and unusual photos.   Slideshow 

    Referee banned for changing his mind

    BANGKOK
    Wed May 21, 2008 2:27pm EDT
    A referee attends a workshop in Regensdorf near Zurich April 17, 2008. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann

    BANGKOK (Reuters) - A referee in the Vietnamese soccer league has been suspended for four matches for awarding a goal and then changing his mind, local media reported.

    Oddly Enough

    Referee Nguyen Xuan Hoa was reprimanded by the country's soccer federation for bowing to pressure from Danang, whose furious players stormed off the field after conceding a goal to Dong Tam Long An last week.

    The Danang team returned 20 minutes later after Hoa reversed his decision and went on to win the game 3-2.

    In a meeting with the federation's disciplinary committee, referee Hoa insisted no one had influenced his decision, the Thanh Nien Daily reported.

    He was suspended for four matches, however, and his assistants banned for three for failing to mention the incident in their match reports.

    Danang's coach was fined $495 and banned for four games for interrupting the match.

    (Reporting by Martin Petty, editing by Ossian Shine)
    Oddly Enough


    More from Reuters

    Photo

    Jobless claims hit 17-month low

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of U.S. workers filing new applications for jobless benefits unexpectedly fell last week to the lowest level in about 17 months, suggesting the economy might be on the cusp of job creation.

    » More Top News
    A picture of an arrow in this file photo. REUTERS/File
    OUTLOOK 2010:

    The coming Great Inflation

    Real or imagined, Americans have plenty of things to worry about. Should inflation be one of them?  Full Article 

    ECONOMY
    People walk past a branch of Bank of America in New York's financial district April 28, 2009. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
    Rolfe Winkler:

    Move your money

    Boycotting "too big to fail" banks is a great idea -- so long as investors remember that banks aren't the only ones responsible for the crisis.  Full Article 

      Commentary