Crazy world of football... hunger strike by Italian player

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Blackburn's global adviser Shebby Singh says manager Steve Kean will be sacked if Rovers lose their first three games of the season.

 

Singh was asked at a supporters' forum if Kean will leave if they lose three times in a row, and said: "Yes."

 

He had earlier been asked about the possibility of Kean being sacked, replying: "If we lose three games, definitely. Definitely."

 

But Singh added he will not rush to make a judgement about Kean.

 

"For me it's all about results," said Singh, a former Malaysian international player who was brought to Ewood Park by the club's owners Venky's in June.

 

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Emanuele Pesoli of Serie B side Verona has gone on hunger strike in protest over his three-year match-fixing ban.

 

The defender has also chained himself to the gates of the Italian Football Federation's headquarters in Rome.

 

"I am hurt by the sentence and I would like to confront those who accuse me," said Pesoli.

 

The 31-year-old has been banned after a probe into illegal betting on matches while he was at Siena, who he left for Verona in July.