The Asian Football Confederation says it is confident that Bahrain's 10-0 win over Indonesia in a 2014 World Cup qualifier is not suspicious, despite FIFA investigating the “unusual outcome.” AFC general secretary Alex Soosay says official reports from its match commissioner and referee “indicate nothing.” Lebanese referee Andre El Haddad sent off Indonesia's goalkeeper in the second minute and awarded Bahrain four penalties in Wednesday's match. Bahrain's win raised suspicion because it trailed Qatar by three points and nine goals in group standings. Qatar drew 2-2 in Iran to advance instead. Soosay says he's “confident that none of our teams are involved” in match-fixing, and Bahrain was better “tactically and technically.” Ex-EPL clubs banned from transfers Former English Premier League clubs Birmingham and Coventry have been banned from the transfer market for failing to submit their financial accounts on time to the Football League. The central England clubs missed a March 1 deadline to file reports with the Football League, which oversees the second-tier League Championship in which both play. Although regular transfers are not possible between the end of the January transfer window and the end of the season, clubs can still sign out-of-contract players or bring in players on loan. Birmingham blamed delayed auditing following the arrest on money laundering charges of owner Carson Yeung. Coventry says it is “still in the process of agreeing and negotiating budgets” with its owner. Although regular transfers are not possible between the end of the January transfer window and the end of the season, clubs can still sign out-of-contract players or bring in players on loan. Cop to tackle fixing FIFA named leading German police official Ralf Mutschke Friday as its director of security to lead the fight against match-fixing. The 52-year-old, senior manager at the German Federal criminal police office (BKA) and a former Interpol director, will replace Australian Chris Eaton who announced his resignation two weeks ago.
