Although that wrongly penalized Uzbekistan, which went on to win the game, FIFA ordered a replay. That ended 1-1 and Bahrain advanced to the playoff with Trinidad after a 0-0 draw in the second leg.
On Thursday in Berlin, referee Robert Hoyzer was convicted and sentenced to jail in Germany's worst soccer scandal in more than 30 years. Ante Sapina, a Croatian gambler, was convicted of fraud and given 35 months in prison for masterminding the match-fixing scheme.
Two tickets for next year's World Cup final game have been auctioned off for US$750,000 at a charity event in Doha, Qatar, organizers said Thursday.
The tickets were presented by World Cup organizing committee president Franz Beckenbauer during the "Reach out for Asia" event that raised US$10.5 million for the victims of the tsunami disaster and the Asia quake on Tuesday.
Included with the tickets for the World Cup title match were also two tickets for the English FA Cup final, plus eight jerseys from soccer stars.
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