Comolli and Ayre promoted in Liverpool reshuffle
By David Gold
March 22 – Damien Comolli has been promoted to the role of director of football at Liverpool, with Ian Ayre (pictured) becoming the club’s new managing director.
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Exclusive: Leyton Orient instruct lawyers to ask for judicial review over West Ham Olympic Stadium move
By Mihir Bose in Doha
March 10 – Leyton Orient will move to the courts next week asking for a judicial review of the Government’s decision to house West Ham United in the Olympic stadium after the 2012 Games.
US sportswear giant signs Spurs deal
By Andrew Warshaw
March 9 – An American sportswear manufacturer has broken into the English Premier League, with Under Armour Inc. signing a deal to become kit suppliers for Tottenham Hotspur.
A move to Olympic Park would help resolve Stadium row claim Orient
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
March 7 – Leyton Orient would be prepared to drop their threatened legal action over West Ham United’s proposed move to the Olympic Stadium if they allowed to move to Eton Manor after London 2012, the club’s chairman Barry Hearn has revealed.
A move to Olympic Park would help resolve Stadium row claim Orient
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
March 6 – Leyton Orient would be prepared to drop their threatened legal action over West Ham United’s proposed move to the Olympic Stadium if they allowed to move to Eton Manor after London 2012, the club’s chairman Barry Hearn has revealed.
Government and London Mayor approve West Ham Olympic Stadium move
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
March 3 – West Ham United’s proposed move into the Olympic Stadium after London 2012 was today rubber-stamped by the Government and London Mayor Boris Johnson, meaning that the Premier League club can officially open negotiations.
Toure faces ban after failing drugs test
By Andrew Warshaw
March 3 – Ivory Coast international Kolo Toure has been suspended by his club Manchester City after failing a drugs test.
Hearn looks for West Ham and Premier League help in building new Leyton Orient stadium at Eton Manor
By Tom Degun
February 25 – Barry Hearn (pictured), the chairman of Leyton Orient, has revealed he will be requesting the assistance of West Ham United and the Premier League to help his club build a new 15,000-seater stadium at nearby Eton Manor on the Olympic Park, in return for not disrupting the handover of the London 2012 Stadium with legal challenges.
“Consideration” must be given to Orient pleads Hearn over Olympic Stadium decision
By Mike Rowbottom
February 17 – Leyton Orient chairman Barry Hearn has announced that the club is taking legal advice over the possibility of a judicial review into the decision to award West Ham United use of the Olympic Stadium, which is less than a mile from Brisbane Road.
Exclusive: Olympic Park architect protests over West Ham Stadium decision
By Andrew Warshaw
February 15 – The architect who wrote the original masterplan for the London Olympics and Paralympics has written to the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, urging him not to approve West Ham’s sole use of the Stratford venue after the 2012 Games.
West Ham must guarantee to keep running track warns Olympics Minister
By Andrew Warshaw in London
February 12 – West Ham United will have to guarantee to keep the running track at the Olympic Stadium for the long term after being confirmed as winners of the race to take over the venue after the London 2012 Games.
West Ham unconcerned by potential legal challenge from Tottenham over Olympic Stadium decision
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By Tom Degun in London
February 12 – West Ham and Newham Council have claimed they are unconcerned by a potential legal challenge after they were awarded the Olympic Stadium ahead of Premier League rivals Tottenham Hotspur.
West Ham chiefs admit delight at OPLC Olympic Stadium decision
By Tom Degun at the Olympic Stadium, London
February 11 – West Ham and Newham Council have revealed their delight after the Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC) today officially confirmed they had selected the duo’s bid ahead of that of Tottenham Hotspur and AEG as the preferred tenant for the Olympic Stadium in Stratford after the London 2012 Games.
West Ham won Olympic Stadium because it had “the more compelling” bid claim OPLC
By Andrew Warshaw in London
February 11 – After months of often bitter wrangling, West Ham United was officially confirmed today as the preferred bidder to take over the Olympic Stadium after the London 2012 Games.
West Ham Olympic Stadium announcement “premature” claim angry Tottenham
By Andrew Warshaw in London
February 10 – Tottenham Hotspur today described as “premature” reports that they has lost out in the bid to take over the Olympic stadium after next year’s London Games.