Naughty gang attempted to use Serie A club for money laundering

A story is emerging today concerning a notorious crime gang - the Clan dei Caselesi - and their attempts to buy Lazio in 2006. Italian authorities claim that the family from the Camorra, the Naples version of the Mafia, tried to buy the club through a Hungarian pharmaceutical company using funds gained from violence, intimidation and lots of other naughty stuff:

[…] police in Rome made 10 arrests as part of an operation codenamed ‘Broken Wings’. The people being held are Italians and foreigners.In 2006, Lazio president Claudio Lotito was given police protection after receiving threats from ultras (club supporters group), who were allegedly trying to intimidate him into selling to a consortium led by former Lazio player and president Giorgio Chinaglia.

Chinaglia fled after being charged with market-rigging linked to his bid while Lotito has also faced similar charges over

The best sports on the telebox tonight

Sven’s Manchester City have won five out of their last six home games against Everton, and are marginal favourites to beat the Mersey Blues tonight (City at 6/4, Everton at 21/10).

For a game that will be a little easier to call, check out the Football League Trophy Southern Final second leg. MK Dons, aka ‘Franchise FC’, aka ‘everything that is wrong with the game today’ are still riding high at the top of League Two, and are 9/5 favourites to topple Swansea tonight.

Premier League
Manchester City/ Everton (Setanta Sports 1, 8pm) - betting preview here

Johnstone’s Paint Trophy Southern Final Second Leg
MK Dons/ Swansea City (Sky Sports 1, 7.30pm) - bet here

This ex-Page 3 girl is now a self-professed ‘Diva SuperWAG’

If you were lucky enough to pick up a copy of Britain’s fourth favourite tabloid, The Daily Star, this morning, you would have seen lower league WAG Nicola McLean adorning the front page. The 25-year-old is from Swansea, and is the current beau of Peterborough’s Tommy Williams. At 10pm tonight she will

Liverpool to fall out of favour with another American

NBA legend Michael Jordan watched Havant &Waterlooville’s epic 4-2 destruction of Swansea in his Bahamas holiday home, while sitting next to one of the club’s directors. The Blue Square South side have since sent him