Posted on Fri Mar 23, 2007 at 09:56:29 AM EST in Other Sports
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The Jamaican police have officially ruled the death of Pakistan's circket coach Bob Woolmer as murder. The are searching for one or more attackers and that was killed by "manual strangulation." (No word on whether there was a liquid explosion on his stomach.)

Bob was a large man. It would have taken some significant force to subdue him... I have to say at this stage that it looks as if it may be somebody who's somehow linked to him, because clearly he let somebody into his hotel room and it may be that he knew who that person was

Woolmer's murder came hours after Pakistan lost to Ireland in the cricket World Cup. Initially speculation was that a crazed fan was responsible but now theories abound that the murder was tied to gambling cartels and possibly an upcoming book that Woolman was working on related to match fixing. (Remember Andres Escobar, the Colombian soccer player who was shot after scoring an own goal vs the United States?)

While some have called for the cancellation of the world cup, the International Cricket Council said that the show must go on to "demonstrate that cricket cannot be put off by a cowardly criminal act".

Links:
[BBC]: Police hunt for Woolmer killers

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