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Back to Sepp Blatter.

Panorama reporter Andrew Jennings has seen a letter obtained by America's Federal Bureau of Investigation which casts doubt on Blatter's denial about knowing of bribes.

The letter, apparently written by former Fifa president Joao Havelange, talks about the payments he received from sports marketing company ISL. It says Blatter had "full knowledge of all activities" and was "always apprised" of them.

The letter is included in an FBI request to the Swiss authorities for help with their investigation. They ask for the file of an earlier Swiss investigation into the ISL bribes and they say "among other things, the prosecutor is investigating Havelange's statements implicating Blatter".

You can see the full programme -Panorama: Fifa, Sepp Blatter and Me - on BBC One at 20:30 GMT on Monday, 7 December and available to watch later via BBC iPlayer.

India have won the final Test by 337 runs for a 3-0 Test series victory after bowling South Africa out for 143 on the final day in Delhi. Spinner Ravichandran Ashwin claimed 5-61 and seamer Umesh Yadav a remarkable 3-9 in 21 overs.

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Another day another Fifa story...

The FBI is investigating the role played by Fifa president Sepp Blatter in a $100m (£66.2m) bribes scandal, a BBC investigation has discovered.

Sports marketing company ISL paid a total of $100m to officials including former Fifa president Joao Havelange and ex-Fifa executive Ricardo Teixeira.

In return, ISL was granted lucrative television and marketing rights throughout the 1990s.

Blatter denied knowing about the bribes and took no action.

Which leads us to recall this ... the lowest ever crowd at a Premier League match.

It happened in January 1993, Wimbledon v Everton at Selhurst Park.

The attendance was a paltry 3,039, 1,500 of whom were Everton fans. The Toffees won 3-1.

If you were there, well done - you've claimed a small part in footballing history. Though on the downside you probably had a really boring evening.

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On this day in 1990 a slightly remarkable thing happened.

The smallest crowd ever to watch a Football League match - 625 people -  turned out to see Scarborough take on Wrexham in what was the old Division Four.

It remains a record to this day, albeit an unwanted one.

"As a kid, you always want to make a 147 on the BBC so it was a dream come true," said Robertson after claiming a second UK triumph and the 11th ranking title of his career.

"In the end, it was about digging in and nicking frames."

The final featured two left-handers with contrasting personalities: the measured world number three Robertson and eccentric Chinese opponent Liang Wenbo, who frequently played to the crowd and often slapped himself in the face.

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Surprise finalist Liang, who has now moved into the top 16, added: "There was pressure and I don't know why, I didn't concentrate. The pressure shots I didn't play very well." 

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Take a bow Mr Neil Robertson.

The Aussie is celebrating today after winning the UK Championship, becoming the first player to make a maximum 147 break in a final as he beat Liang Wenbo 10-5.

Robertson made the perfect break in the sixth frame of the match in York - the third 147 of his career.

The pair traded century breaks in the first session leaving Robertson with a 5-3 advantage at the interval.

The next four frames were shared to make it 7-5, but Robertson won three in a row to take the title.

Martin Skrtel would have never forgiven us if we hadn't mentioned this. Possibly.

Liverpool's Slovakian defender is now joint-second alongside one of his former Anfield team-mates in a very important table...

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Is it the most unpredictable Premier League of all-time?

Champions Chelsea are down in 14th. Leicester, bottom at Christmas last year, are top.

There are just six points between top side Leicester and fifth-placed Tottenham - it's only been that close one other time in the past 10 seasons.

Last season's top two of Chelsea and Manchester City have lost a combined total of 12 games this term - the highest over the past 10 seasons. 

Read this rather fine article to check out just how unusual this season has been. 

Which leaves the Premier League table, much to the delight and, perhaps, disbelief of Leicester fans, looking like this.

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Newcastle's 2-0 win over Liverpool result capped off a crazy weekend of results, which, if you need your memory jogging, looked a little like this.

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As for Jurgen Klopp, it's back to the drawing board.

"We were not really in the game. We were not aggressive enough or close enough. There were good moments for pressing but we didn't do it," he said.

Following Liverpool's 6-1 win at Southampton in the Capital One Cup on Wednesday, Klopp's reputation at Liverpool had reached new heights.

But his decision to make six alterations, including the omission of Daniel Sturridge and Divock Origi, who scored five goals at St Mary's between them, seemed to backfire.

There's not much time to dwell on defeat - Klopp's men are at FC Sion in the Europa League on Thursday and host West Brom on Sunday.

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Victory moved Newcastle above neighbours Sunderland into 18th place in the Premier League, and they are in the bottom three only on goal difference.

No wonder Steve McClaren was rather chipper afterwards.

"It's absolutely huge, absolutely massive," said the boss.

"Once or twice we've taken ourselves to the brink of crisis and clawed our way back and that's what we've done today."

McClaren had come under increasing pressure after Newcastle lost to 3-0 to Leicester and 5-1 to Crystal Palace in their previous two games.

Another weird and wonderful weekend of Premier League action ended with Newcastle putting Liverpool to the sword.

Prior to kick-off, Jurgen Klopp was being hailed as a genius, a messiah and a miracle worker all rolled into one, a man tipped by some to lead Liverpool to the title.

Erm, not so fast.

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Instead it was opposite number Steve McClaren who earned the plaudits from the pundits as Newcastle pulled off a fine and much-needed victory, inspired by Georginio Wijnaldum.

The Dutchman's shot was deflected off Martin Skrtel's knee to give the Magpies the lead before the Dutchman added a second in injury time.

And for no other reason than it's always nice to start a new week with a spot of nostalgia - well, we reckon so anyway - here, second left, is a young Nigel in the early 1970s with dad Brian, then Nottingham Forest manager, and Forest assistant boss Peter Taylor.

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Not a bad way to spend your early years...

Nigel Clough- son of the legendary Brian - is back in football, confirmed as the new manager of League One leaders Burton Albion... nearly seven years after he left to take over at Derby County.

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The 49-year-old, sacked by Sheffield United in May, succeeds Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, who has taken over at Championship club QPR.

Chairman Ben Robinson said: "We have had a great start to the season. Nigel is the ideal man to continue that.

"He has a tremendous track record in football, as a player and a manager."

Then again, The Mirror, external reports that Chelsea could sack Mourinho whether or not they beat Porto in the Champions League on Wednesday.

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Meanwhile, The Sun, external says owner Roman Abramovich may act if the Blues lose to Porto and then against leaders Leicester in the Premier League next weekend.

Who knows what the real story is but one thing's for sure, Mourinho has to be feeling the heat.

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An interesting story on the back page of The Times, claiming Jose Mourinho has one more game - Wednesday's Champions League clash with Porto - to save his job.

Mourinho, says the paper, must guide his Chelsea team to the knockout stages of the tournament or he will get the boot.