Several updates from the ongoing European soccer debacles...

• Joey Barton's banishment from soccer has been postponed again.  He was supposed to meet mid-week with the FA regarding his gambling charges, but the hearing has been delayed again.  No new date has been set, and, according to at least one source, there is no precedent in the record books as to exactly what the FA might do.
• Well, tell me if you've heard this one before:  Barcelona's rigged/thrown win over Paris-St. Germain actually registered a minor earthquake near the stadium.  A 1.0 on the Richter scale was reached on the final goal, startling nearby parties who thought robberies may have been in progress.
• An official police investigation has been launched into Paris-St. Germain fans who openly attacked and threatened the team upon their return to Paris.  At least one PSG player is claimed to have hit a fan with his car on the way out!  No word on if his car was one of the number of PSG players' cars which were vandalized in the attack.  (Yes, it was wrong what the fans did.  But don't tell me the police shouldn't also be investigating the players for what happened in Barcelona on Wednesday.)