Judge throws out 'poached' soccer player claim

Middlesbrough Football Club’s £7m (€11.1m) damages claim over German international Christian Ziege’s controversial move to Liverpool was thrown out by a High Court judge today.

The Anfield club was being sued after being fined £20,000 (€31,687) and the player £10,000 (€15,848) by a Premier League inquiry which found there had been breaches of the league’s rules prohibiting poaching of in-contract players.