Bob Woolmer, the Pakistan cricket coach, was strangled in his hotel room "in extraordinary and evil circumstances", the British officer leading the Jamaican police inquiry into his death announced late last night.
Deputy Commissioner Mark Shields, formerly of Scotland Yard, said that Mr Woolmer, 58, was murdered in the Pegasus Hotel in Kingston, the Jamaican capital, some time between Saturday evening and Sunday morning.
There are unconfirmed reports that an arrest has been made in connection with his death.
Mr Shields said it was "difficult to believe" that Mr Woolmer's killer or killers were complete strangers to him.
The death sparked speculation that it was linked to alleged corruption in the sport. Source.
Shocking news... how did sport get to be so important? Or rather, how was sport allowed get so closely linked to illegal, corrupt gambling?