By Tom Degun in Monte Carlo
November 20 – Sergey Bubka, one of the most influential figures in world sport, has accused London 2012 of going back on its promise to guarantee a legacy for athletics after the Olympics by short-listing a proposal from Premier League Tottenham Hotspur that would involve ripping up the track after the Games.
By Mike Rowbottom
November 19 – Gordon Taylor, chief executive of the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA), believes that footballers – and supporters – have to be represented in the boardroom if the national game, and the future supply of young English players, is to be safeguarded.
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
November 9 – London 2012’s director of commercial negotiations, Charlie Wijeratna, praised for helping raise nearly £700 million ($1.1 billion) towards the cost of staging the Olympics and Paralympics, is leaving to join Tottenham Hotspur, it was announced today.
By Andrew Warshaw
October 17 – Liverpool’s new co-owner insists his organisation is in it for the long term and will not sell the club short in its quest to get back to winning ways.
By Andrew Warshaw
October 15 - Liverpool’s future was finally secured today after New England Sports Ventures (NESV) completed their £300 million takeover, bringing to an end an ownership wrangle that threatened to seriously derail the legendary club.
October 13 – Liverpool’s future remains shrouded in dispute after Tom Hicks and George Gillett tonight went to a court in Texas to try to block the sale to New England Sports Ventures (NESV), owners of the Boston Red Sox.
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
October 11 – UK Athletics today threw its support behind West Ham’s bid to take over London’s Olympic Stadium after the 2012 Games because they believe it is the best way to ensuring that the running track remains.
By Andrew Warshaw in London
October 6 – Major League Soccer (MLS) Commissioner Don Garber, the most powerful man in United States football, insists Liverpool will be in good hands if the takeover by Boston Red Sox owner John W Henry (pictured) goes through.
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
October 6 – An angry Ed Warner, the chairman of UK Athletics, has demanded that AEG’s joint bid with Tottenham Hotspur to take over the Olympic Stadium following London 2012 be ruled out after it was revealed that they plan to rip up the running track if their application is successful.
October 6 – Liverpool’s Board have agreed to sell the club to New England Sports Ventures (NESV), the owners of baseball Major League sid Boston Red Sox, it was announced today.
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
October 5 – West Ham United’s chances of taking over the Olympic Stadium following the London 2012 Games have been greatly boosted by the news that its closest rival does not plan to keep the athletics track even though that is one of the key requirements of being awarded tenancy.
By Andrew Warshaw
October 4 – A suburban English publican takes her case for screening live Premiership football to the European Court of Justice today in a landmark move described as potentially the Bosman of broadcasting.
By Duncan Mackay in London
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
October 2 – Tottenham Hotspur’s late decison to bid to take over the Olympic Stadium after London 2012 has come under fierce attack from Karren Brady, the vice-chairman of rivals West Ham United, and even the club’s local MP, David Lammy.
By Andrew Warshaw
October 1 – English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur have moved a vital step closer to building a new 56,000-seater stadium – but could switch to the 2012 London Olympic site instead.
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By Duncan Mackay in London
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
September 30 – West Ham United today stepped up its bid to take over the Olympic Stadium after London 2012 when England internationals Scott Parker and Carlton Cole joined a group of youngsters to hand deliver their joint bid with Newham Council to Number 10 Downing Street.