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■ Football
Lewis caught with meth
Former NFL defensive back Darryll Lewis was charged on Wednesday with evading Los Angeles police during a 30-minute chase that ended with five officers forcibly dragging him to the ground. Lewis, 36, was also charged with felony possession of a controlled substance and three misdemeanors for allegedly being under the influence of a controlled substance, resisting arrest and possession of a smoking device. Authorities said methamphetamine was found in Lewis' truck. Lewis was released on US$85,000 bail and could face more than three years in prison if convicted.

■ Rugby
Singapore Union looted
The Singapore Rugby Union (SRU) has reported that one of its former employees allegedly embezzled more than US$177,514, police said yesterday. It is believed to be one of the largest thefts from a national sports association and has rocked the sports fraternity in the city-state. A police report has been filed against Sean Lee, who worked as a finance executive with the association since 1997, the Straits Times reported. He resigned last month and his whereabouts are unknown, but the money was found missing on his last day at work.

■ Olympics
China puts Taiwan on route
China wants the Olympic torch for the 2008 Beijing Games to pass through rival Taiwan though the International Olympic Committee has yet to approve the diplomatically thorny request, officials said yesterday. Beijing Olympic organizers submitted a draft plan for the torch relay -- with its inclusion of Taiwan -- in meetings this week with International Olympic Committee officials assessing preparations for the Games, said Wang Wei (王偉), executive vice-president of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games. Wang said Taiwan is on the proposed route but was not specifically discussed during the coordination commission meetings, which began in Beijing on Tuesday and were set to conclude today.

■ Rugby
Irish pubs bar Umaga
New Zealand captain Tana Umaga could be hard pushed to get a pint in Dublin this weekend after a number of pubs put up posters telling him he's barred. Umaga, who dumped Ireland skipper Brian O'Driscoll out of the British and Ireland Lions tour of New Zealand this year with a controversial spear tackle, has incurred the wrath of Ireland fans, including Charlie Chawke, owner of at least six popular Dublin pubs. "We believe he tried to destroy the man and he could have deprived us all in Ireland of a great rugby legend," Chawke said. Posters in the windows of Chawke's pubs, including city center sporting pubs The Bank and The Oval, show Umaga's face with "Barred" emblazoned above it.

■ Soccer
Police arrest coach, referee
Vietnamese police yesterday arrested a V-League soccer coach and a referee for bribery as part of a widening investigation into match-fixing. Coach Nguyen Thanh Vinh was taken into police custody in Ho Chi Minh City and FIFA-certified referee Truong The Toan was arrested in Hanoi for their involvement in the scam, a Ministry of Public Security official said yesterday on customary condition of anonymity. Vinh, coach of the East Asia-Pomina Steel team, was accused of or-dering his assistant to give bribes to a referee.

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