Carlos Tenorio
LISBON: Portuguese authorities are investigating a number of football club chairmen on suspicion that they misused club funds in the wake of the weekend detention of Vitoria Guimaraes chairman Antonio Pimenta Machado. But the nation's public prosecutor Jose Souto Moura, speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a conference, refused to identify which clubs are under investigation. (AFP)
QUITO: Ecuadorian international striker Carlos Tenorio, 23, has been loaned to Saudia Arabian outfit Al Nasser for the first six months of 2003 by his club Ecudorian first division side Deportiva Universitaria de Quito, team boss Esteban Paz said. (AFP)
STUTTGART, Germany: Former German international Rolf Russmann has been sacked with immediate effect as general manager of Bundesliga outfit VfB Stuttgart, the first division side announced Thursday. Stuttgart president Manfred Haas criticised the 52-year-old Russman for failing to produce a viable sporting strategy and using the media to communicate to board members. (AFP)
FERRARA, Italy: Italy's former European champion and WBO welterweight challenger Alessandro Duran has retired, the Italian press reported on Thursday. The 37-year-old is the son of Carlo Duran, who was European boxing champion in super-welterweight and middleweight categories from 1967 to 1973.