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West Ham Chair Wants Standing Areas At Olympic Stadium When Club Moves In05 / 21 / 13EPL West Ham Co-Chair David Gold "has revealed he wants to introduce standing areas" when the club moves into London's Olympic Stadium, according to Ben Rumsby of the London TELEGRAPH. Gold claims he is certain so-called "safe standing" would eventually exist in the highest echelons of English footb... Tags: Facilities, United Kingdom |
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Rangers Plan Return With AIM Float
Fans of Scottish Third Division side Rangers are "being offered the chance" of investing in the club as part of a £20M ($32M) flotation on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange, according to Michael Kavanagh of the FINANCIAL TIMES. Rangers CEO Charles Green said ...
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Effect Of EPL TV Costs Could Linger
Sky Sports Managing Dir Barney Francis has admitted that the huge inflation in the cost of Premier League TV rights has led to "tough choices and could have implications for other sports," according to Owen Gibson of the London GUARDIAN. Francis insisted that the cost to the consumer would "largely ...
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Newcastle's Muslims Won't Boycott
EPL club Newcastle United is "unlikely to face the threat of a protest or boycott" from its four Muslim players over the controversial £25M ($40.1M) sponsorship deal with short-term loans company Wonga, according to Jason Mellor of the LONDON TIMES. Concerns have been raised that Newcastle&rsq ...
Newcastle Dir Optimistic About Future
Newcastle United Managing Dir Derek Llambias is "confident the events of the past fortnight have helped to secure the long-term future of the club," according to the PA. Club Owner Mike Ashley secured Manager Alan Pardew and his coaching staff on eight-year contracts and agreed to a sponsorship deal ...
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Olympic Stadium Future Looms
The "future of the Olympic Stadium may not be resolved by the original deadline of the end of the month," according to Owen Gibson of the London GUARDIAN. EPL club West Ham United is "keen to become the main tenants of the stadium" in time to begin the '14-15 season but are "embroiled in tense negot ...
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Aviva Ends U.K. Athletics Deal
British insurance company Aviva will not renew its 13-year sponsorship of British athletics despite the sport's "increased profile following the Olympic successes of Mo Farah and Jessica Ennis," according to Keith Weir of REUTERS. The deal "expires at the end of the year." U.K. Athletics has not nam ...
Wembley Sold Out For England Mismatch
A sell-out crowd of 90,000 fans will watch Friday's match between England and San Marino at London's Wembley Stadium, according to Simon Rice of the London INDEPENDENT. The World Cup qualifier will see Manager Roy Hodgson's side, ranked fifth in the world, take on a side ranked 207th by FIFA, making ...
Polygraph Tests Reduce Football Cheats
Football match-fixing in Singapore has "been reduced by compulsory lie detector tests for players as the country tries to stop criminal syndicates infiltrating the game," according to Tariq Panja of BLOOMBERG. Lie detection tests were introduced to the players' code of conduct in Singapore's S-Leagu ...
Man Who Rescued Celtic Buys Rocks
Glasgow businessman David Low has "become part-owner" of the British Basketball League team Glasgow Rocks, according to Hugh Macdonald of the HERALD SCOTLAND. Low, who "drew up the share-buying strategy" that allowed Canadian businessman Fergus McCann to take over Celtic in '94, has signed contracts ...
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FA Launches Player Code Of Conduct
The FA has drawn up "a tough new code of conduct" for English players that will leave them "under no illusions" about the penalties for misbehavior off the pitch, according to Gibson & Fifield of the London GUARDIAN. The announcement comes following "damaging cases" involving players John Terry ...
