Cardiff City star ‘ran academy fraud’

A former Wales star will stand trial at the beginning of next season charged with running a multi-million pound football academy fraud. Mark Aizlewood, 56, and five others are said to have claimed payments through Luis Michael Training Ltd for services which were never provided. The alleged scam purported to provide youngsters with football-based apprenticeships at 80 different clubs, and was exposed following a probe by the Serious Fraud Office. Christopher Martin, 51, Keith Williams, 43, and Paul Sugrue, 55,…