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Earopean football chiefs were given evidence of one of football's greatest corruption scandals years before taking action, it has been claimed. In 1984 the president of Belgian side Anderlecht bribed the referee ahead of their Uefa Cup semi-final victory over Nottingham Forest. The facts were finally revealed in 1997 and Anderlecht were banned from European competition for a year. But new evidence shows Uefa was told about the bribe as early as 1992. Brian CloughImage copyrightGETTY IMAGES Image caption Nottingham Forest were still a European force under Brian Clough in 1984 Four years after winning their second European Cup, Brian Clough's Forest faced Anderlecht in the semi-final of the Uefa Cup. After convincingly winning the first leg 2-0, Forest had a dubious penalty awarded against them and a goal disallowed in the return tie, finally going out 3-2 on aggregate. The truth behind those refereeing decisions only emerged during a 1997 criminal case when Anderlecht admitted paying the Spanish referee Emilio Guruceta Muro. At first Uefa insisted it could take no action because the bribery took place more than 10 years previously, but eventually a one-year European ban was imposed on Anderlecht. Now, BBC's Inside Out has found evidence Uefa had a dossier of evidence as early as 1992. Documents Image caption Details of the bribe were stolen and used to blackmail Anderlecht The evidence showed that shortly before the match Anderlecht president Constant Vanden Stock had approached local criminal Jean Elst. Belgian journalist Frank van Laeken said: "Elst contacted a friend in the region, who went to Alicante and spoke to the referee. "The referee said 'OK, I'll do it for 1.2m Belgian francs'." Anderlecht's penalty Image caption Anderlecht's penalty was described as the "most embarrassing decision in football" But another criminal, Rene Van Aaken, stole details of the deal and blackmailed the club. Van Aaken then sent information to the Belgian FA in 1990 and 1992. Mr van Laeken said: "If you receive something like this, a bunch of documents on possible games that are tampered with, you should investigate it." The Belgian FA said it did not have the powers to investigate corruption and passed the information on to Uefa, but no sanction was imposed for more than four years. Despite repeated requests from the BBC, Uefa has not offered an explanation of the delay. Constant Vanden Stock Image caption Constant Vanden Stock approached a local criminal to contact the referee Referee Muro died in a car crash in 1987, aged 45, but Anderlecht's stadium is still named after former club president Constant Vanden Stock, who died in 2008. Elst and Van Aaken were both jailed. Elst died in prison while Van Aaken's conviction for blackmail was overturned on appeal. For more stories about the history of sport follow our Pinterest board But for the players, the events of 25 April 1984 remain as painful as ever. Forest goalkeeper Hans van Breukelen said: "For me it was building up that the referee was cheating. "All the 50-50 balls around their 18 yard box, he blew the whistle and gave a free kick to Anderlecht." Garry Birtles Image caption Former player Garry Birtles felt failures to deal with the case would encourage more criminal activity Then Anderlecht were awarded a penalty for a challenge by Forest's Kenny Swain. Striker Garry Birtles said: "That penalty was the most embarrassing decision I have ever seen in football. "The distance between Kenny Swain and their guy who went down was absolutely ridiculous." A last-gasp Forest goal, which would have been enough to win the tie, was also controversially disallowed. Anderlecht won 3-0 and went through. Birtles said: "It was wrong then, it's wrong now and it will be wrong always. "If you don't go after these people then they will think they can do it again." Paul Hart Image caption Paul Hart, who scored the disallowed goal, said "it still rankles" Paul Hart, who scored the disallowed goal, said: "The whole thing stinks, it really does. "When it's brought up, it still rankles." Watch the full report on Inside Out on Monday at 19:30 BST on BBC One in the East Midlands or on BBC iPlayer. Share this story About sharing

UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has suggested Russia may have committed a war crime in Syria if it was behind an attack on an aid convoy near Aleppo. He told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show that it was right to ask whether Russian forces had deliberately targeted civilians. Eighteen lorries and a warehouse were destroyed and 20 people killed in last Monday's attack. Russia denied responsibility, blaming rebel shelling or a US drone. Mr Johnson also said Russia was "guilty of protracting" the war in Syria and of "making it far more hideous". Islamic State conflict in maps Why Assad wants to take Aleppo Syria's White Helmets win peace award Children suffer horrors of Syria's war Aleppo: Key battleground in Syria's war His comments came as Aleppo sustained heavy bombing, with the Syrian government saying it had launched an offensive to retake rebel-held areas. In the latest fighting, rebel forces in the city were reported to have retaken the Palestinian refugee camp of Handarat, on elevated ground north of the city. The strategic area fell to government troops on Saturday. The UN Security Council is due to meet on Sunday morning in New York to discuss Aleppo. The meeting was requested by the US, the UK and France. 'Firing the revolver' United Nations special envoy Staffan de Mistura described last week's attack, on an aid convoy and Syrian Arab Red Crescent warehouse outside Aleppo, as an "outrage". The US said two Russian warplanes were involved in the attack. Mr Johnson appeared to go further, saying the convoy could have been deliberately targeted. Russian President Vladimir Putin was "not only... handing [Syrian President Bashar] Assad the revolver", he told the BBC's Andrew Marr programme. "He is in some instances actually firing the revolver himself. "We should be looking at whether or not that targeting is done in the knowledge that those are wholly innocent civilian targets. That is a war crime." Damaged building after air strikes on the rebel held Tariq al-Bab neighbourhood of Aleppo, Syria September 24, 2016.Image copyrightREUTERS Image caption Residential areas of Aleppo have borne the brunt of government air strikes The attack prompted the UN to temporarily suspend aid deliveries in Syria. Heavy bombardments of rebel-held areas of Aleppo by government forces have continued throughout the week after a truce brokered by Moscow and Washington collapsed. UN chief Ban Ki-moon was "appalled by the chilling military escalation" in Aleppo, his spokesman said on Saturday. "Since the announcement two days ago by the Syrian army of an offensive to capture eastern Aleppo, there have been repeated reports of air strikes involving the use of incendiary weapons and advanced munitions such as bunker-buster bombs," the statement said. The northern city of Aleppo has become a key battleground in Syria's bloody five-year civil war. The UN says the attacks on Aleppo have left nearly two million people without water. Jump media playerMedia player helpOut of media player. Press enter to return or tab to continue. Media captionA baby boy is rescued from the rubble in Aleppo after a second day of heavy bombing, as Quentin Sommerville reports UK-based group monitoring the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 25 people were killed in bombardments on Saturday. Activists say both Syrian and Russian warplanes are taking part in the latest offensive, though Russia has not confirmed its involvement. Russia supports the Syrian government, while the US backs the opposition. The two powers accuse each other of failing to rein in their respective allies on the ground.

Premiership: Harlequins 17-10 Saracens By Emma Thurston BBC Sport 2 hours ago From the section Rugby Union Share this page Tim Visser scoring Harlequins' opening try Tim Visser scored Harlequins' opening try as they raced into a 17-0 lead Premiership Harlequins (17) 17 Tries: Visser, Walker Cons: Sweil 2 Pens: Sweil Saracens (0) 10 Try: Wigglesworth Con: Lozowski Pen: Spencer Harlequins ended champions Saracens' unbeaten start to the season with a gutsy victory at The Stoop. Tries from Tim Visser and Charlie Walker helped the home side into a 17-0 lead by half-time. Saracens clawed themselves back with a Richard Wigglesworth try immediately after the break before a Ben Spencer penalty further reduced the deficit. Harlequins had lock James Horwill sin-binned late on but held on to ensure a memorable win on home turf. Saturday's Premiership headlines Wasps go top with win at Northampton Worcester and Sale draw 34-34 Newcastle cause upset at Gloucester Relive Saturday's Premiership action as it happened Harlequins had won just won of their opening three matches while Saracens had a 100% record, but it was the hosts that flew out of the blocks. Tim Sweil landed an early penalty before Scotland international Visser read Alex Lozowski's floated pass to add a converted interception try. The home side's dominance continued as Walker finished a simple overlap out wide to extend their lead to 17-0. For 40 minutes, Saracens looked uncharacteristically flustered, making key handling errors and unable to trouble the scoreboard. Last year's Premiership and European Champions Cup winners hit back early in the second half, with winger Mike Ellery the instigator. The former England sevens winger set up scrum-half Wigglesworth with a well-weighted chip and Lozowski added the conversion, but the fly-half missed two further penalties for the north Londoners. Despite Horwill's yellow card for offside and another Saracens penalty, this time from the boot of Spencer, Harlequins kept their heads for a second win of the season. Harlequins director of rugby John Kingston told BBC Radio London: "The whole performance, both when we had the ball and when they had the ball, was tremendous. "You know the level at which you've got to play to down the European champions. "What we've got to do is try to follow that through and realise that those are the levels we've got to be at if we want to be at the top table. "The whole all-round performance was exceptional. Twenty-two players got on and it was a 22-man effort on the field and many more off-field as well. I was really pleased with it." Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall told BBC Radio London: "It's disappointing to lose, it always is. It's our first set-back in a while and over the last couple of years, we've always responded well to these types of situations. "I'm hoping we can do the same again this week. "Harlequins are a good side, who have a lot of good players and you need to be on it wherever you go. When you're 17-0 behind, it's a bit of a mountain to climb. "But, we gave ourselves a chance in the second half, which is encouraging." Harlequins: Brown; Walker, Hopper, Roberts, Visser; Swiel, Care (capt); Marler, Buchanan, Collier, Merrick, Horwill, Robshaw, Wallace, Chisholm. Replacements: Gray, Lambert, Sinckler, Twomey, Ward, Dickson, Jackson, Alofa. Saracens: Goode; Ellery, Bosch, Barritt (capt), Wyles; Lozowski, Wigglesworth; M. Vunipola, Brits, Du Plessis, Itoje, Hamilton, Rhodes, Wray, B. Vunipola. Replacements: George, Barrington, Figallo, Brown, Spurling, Spencer, Tompkins, Gallagher.

The first black president of the US has formally opened the first US national museum about the African-American history in Washington DC. Barack Obama said the $540m (£415m) museum represented a "common journey towards freedom". The building, designed by British architect David Adjaye, sits on Washington's National Mall. Mr Obama was joined by his predecessor George W Bush, who signed the bill in 2003 to allow construction to proceed. Speaking at the opening ceremony, Mr Obama urged African-Americans to "come here and see the power of your own agency". "The very fact of this day does not prove that America is perfect, but it does validate the ideas of our founding - that this country born of change, of revolution, of we the people, that this country can get better." Jump media playerMedia player helpOut of media player. Press enter to return or tab to continue. Media captionJohn Lewis : "This place is more than a building - it is a dream come true" Both Mr Bush and his wife Laura addressed the crowd. They were followed by Stevie Wonder, who performed the song Where Is Our Love. Mr Obama then rang a bell belonging to one of America's oldest black churches to formally open the museum. The museum contains 36,000 items, ranging from trade goods used to buy slaves in Africa to a segregated railway car from the 1920s and a red Cadillac convertible belonging to rock'n'roll pioneer Chuck Berry. Why do US police keep killing unarmed black men? While some of the artefacts depict the slavery era, others show how black culture has come to define American culture, says the BBC's Nick Bryant in Washington. Black veterans of the US Civil War first proposed an African-American museum in 1915. However, it was not until 2003 that Congress approved its creation. Construction of the 37,200 sq m building took almost four years. The museum's opening is being celebrated with three days of festivities, including concerts by artists such as rap group Public Enemy and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. It coincides with the latest protests engulfing two US cities following the killing of black men by police officers.

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Ryan Giggs would be interested in managing Swansea if the club parted company with boss Francesco Guidolin. Giggs, 42, left his position as Manchester United assistant manager at the start of July - ending a 29-year association with the club. Swansea have taken four points from five games this season and it has been reported the Welsh club are considering a change of manager. Should a change be made, Giggs is unlikely to be Swansea's only option. Since leaving Old Trafford in the summer, the Welshman has been concentrating on long-standing business interests, TV work and Salford City, the non-league club he part owns with former team-mates Paul Scholes, Nicky Butt, and the Neville brothers, Gary and Phil. The football side has been handled by long-standing representative Rhodri Burgess. Giggs has passed all of his coaching badges and has made no secret of his desire to go into management. He did harbour hopes of succeeding Louis van Gaal as Manchester United manager but executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward chose Jose Mourinho instead when he sacked the Dutchman in May.

Warplanes have carried out fresh air strikes on Aleppo, hours after Syria's government announced an offensive to retake rebel-held areas of the city. Syrian and Russian planes were pounding eastern Aleppo, according to activists. A rescue worker described what was happening as "annihilation". The government has urged people to avoid positions held by rebels. Russia has not confirmed its involvement. US-Russian talks to revive a collapsed truce have broken up without progress. Russia supports the Syrian government, while the US backs the opposition. The two powers accuse each other of failing to rein in their respective allies on the ground. Collapsed building in eastern Aleppo, 21 SeptemberImage copyrightAP Image caption The offensive to retake Aleppo was announced after days of bombardment of rebel-held areas The White Helmets, a Syrian volunteer rescue group, says dozens of air strikes were carried out in Aleppo on Friday morning. The group says the centres set up to help victims of bombardments were being targeted, and three out of four had been put out of action. Why truce was doomed to fail Syria's White Helmets win peace award Children suffer horrors of Syria's war Aleppo: Key battleground in Syria's war The Al Jazeera news agency tweeted that its bureau in the city had been partly destroyed. Announcing the new offensive on state television late on Thursday, the Syrian government warned Aleppo residents to "stay away" from "terrorist positions". Syrian military sources said a ground offensive would follow. One told the Agence France-Presse news agency that the bombardment "could go on for hours or days before the ground operation starts. The timing of the ground operation will depend on the results of the strikes". Army officials said there would be exit points for anyone, including rebels, who wanted to flee. Bitterness on all sides - BBC diplomatic correspondent Jonathan Marcus Russian and Syrian commanders - always sceptical about the merits of the ceasefire - now appear to have been given a green light to sort out the Aleppo problem once and for all. Imagery of the shattered city presents a gaunt vista in which thousands of innocent people remain trapped on both sides. Targeted attacks by government forces against medical and civil defence facilities add another element of horror to the situation. The fact that this new onslaught is taking place against a backdrop of the total failure in the US and Russian brokered efforts to implement a ceasefire in Syria is also significant. In the wake of this failure there is a good degree of bitterness on all sides. This provides space for the stepping up of military action on the ground. Indeed the pause may well have enabled government forces to reposition in key areas and to improve intelligence gathering. The government's warning came after days of air strikes on Aleppo. Syria declared the week-long ceasefire over on Monday. Residents told the BBC earlier this week that barrel bombs had struck rebel-held districts, causing many fires. Dozens of civilians were reported to have been killed. Islamic State and the crisis in Iraq and Syria in maps Thursday night's meeting in New York brought together members of the International Syria Support Group, which includes the US, Russia and other powers. After the talks broke down without agreement, UN envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura described them as "painful and disappointing". US Secretary of State John Kerry said Washington could not be the only one trying to hold open the door to peace. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused US-backed rebels of ignoring the truce, and said a new one would amount to a "unilateral pause". Also on Thursday, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad denied claims that he was responsible for the ongoing fighting. In an interview with the Associated Press news agency, he reaffirmed his government's position that a deadly strike on an aid convoy in Aleppo on Monday had not been carried out by Syrian or Russian planes. Mr Assad also ridiculed concern about the army's use of barrel bombs, saying: "What's the difference between different kinds of bombs? All bombs are to kill, but it's about how to use it. When you use armament... you kill terrorists in order to defend civilians."