By Andrew Warshaw
February 17 – World football’s governing body today denied reports that its controversial vice-president Jack Warner had been investigated by its Ehics Committee over the alleged sale of World Cup black market tickets.
Hublot, the Swiss watchmaker, has some singular ideas about sports sponsorship.
You might expect a luxury brand whose products have an average retail price of SFr23,000 to take an interest in, say, polo. Or top-end sailing, or maybe Formula One.
And, indeed, Hublot is involved with some of these.
But football? Well, let’s just say it would not be at the top of my list.
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The problem with English football is not the Premier League. Nor that its chairman, Sir David Richards, uses industrial language.
MPs may have been shocked when Lord Triesman, former chairman of the FA, told the House of Commons Select Committee on football how Richards goes about his business and the language he uses.
But that is not the real issue.
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.
By Tom Degun in Geneva
February 16 – Heineken has launched its fifth consecutiveChampions League Trophy Tour here at the UEFA Headquarters in Switzerland, in order to give football fans in Asia the opportunity to experience the magnificent UEFA Champions League Trophy first hand.
February 16 – Legendary former Manchester United and Manchester City striker Denis Law will be opening the Soccerex European Forum in Manchester on March 30-31.
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.
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
February 13 – Lionel Messi, the world’s best footballer, will miss London 2012 after the two-time defending Olympic champions Argentina failed to qualify for the tournament.
By Andrew Warshaw
February 13 – West Ham United’s move to take over the Olympic Stadium following next year’s 2012 Games could be approved by the Government within the shortest of time frames judging by remarks made by Sports and Olympics Minister Hugh Robertson, which will allow the club and vice-chair Karren Brady to begin their planning to leave their current ground.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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By Andrew Warshaw
February 10 – Former Liverpool owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett are seeking more than $1 billion (£622 million) in damages in the London courts for being forced to sell the club for £300 million ($482 million) to NESV, the owners of the Boston Red Sox baseball team.