81.   It is the first major scandal involving football uncovered by the authorities.

82.   Its closure and subsequent liquidation triggered a major financial scandal and sent shock waves through banks, mainly in the Gulf.

83.   Last year a major scandal erupted over the illegal construction of houses along a dyke that protects the capital against flooding from the Red River.

84.   Russian tax authorities opened a criminal investigation Thursday against Sergei Mavrodi, chairman of the MMM investment firm at the center of a major stock scandal, officials said.

85.   The BCCI problem is the second major financial scandal to rock the UAE.

86.   The Chinese Communist Party announced Thursday the expulsion from its powerful politburo and central committee of former Beijing party chief Chen Xitong, disgraced in a major scandal.

87.   The clashes came as news of a major doping scandal, which if confirmed would be the first of the Games, emerged.

88.   The government has been rocked by three major scandals surrounding lobbying and bribes given by high-tech venture firms.

89.   The Lithuanian ministers for foreign affairs and defence resigned Friday in connection with a major banking scandal in the Baltic republic.

90.   The newspapers in question certainly include El Mundo which has published some of the documents and broke the last two major scandals to shake the government.