Toronto Star

Second English coach stung by newspaper sting

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BARNSLEY, ENGLAND— A British newspaper investigat­ion led to a second soccer coach getting fired in England on Thursday.

Two days after Sam Allardyce lost his job as England manager following an undercover operation by the Daily Telegraph, second-tier club Barnsley fired assistant coach Tommy Wright.

Wright was filmed apparently accepting an envelope which the Telegraph said contained $6,500 from a fake Asian firm to help place players at the northern club.

Video footage was released by the newspaper late Wednesday and Wright was immediatel­y suspended by Barnsley.

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