Surprise new soccer tactic

Tajik soccer, hitherto unheralded in the annals of the sport, is home to an innovative new tactic: cutting off opposition players' domestic utilities.

Ahtam Hamroqulov — a big name in the sport nationally — says city officials cut off electricity and water supplies to his house in Qurgon-Teppa just hours after he scored two goals against the city's team in a key national tournament earlier this month.