By David Owen
November 15 – With the next round of English Premier League broadcasting rights expected to be presented to market next year, new research suggests that clubs as well as television companies might be better off if more matches were broadcast live.
By Mike Rowbottom at City Hall in London
November 8 – Baroness Margaret Ford, chair of the Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC), today publicly accused Tottenham Hotspur of putting all her board “under surveillance” during the recently discontinued negotiations to decide the future owner of the London Olympics Stadium.
By David Gold
October 27 – Chelsea have suffered defeat today at the hands of their supporters, after the Chelsea Pitch Owners refused to sell the freehold of the club’s Stamford Bridge stadium, which they currently lease to the Premier League side.
By Andrew Warshaw
October 27 – The American powerbroker in charge at Arsenal today broke his silence by backing manager Arsène Wenger and declaring his commitment to the club.
By David Gold
October 28 – Carlos Tévez’s record £1 million (€1.13 million/$1.61 million) fine has been halved after the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) refused to back the Premier League club’s reasoning for the penalty.
By David Gold
October 26 – Carlos Tévez (pictured left) is reportedly considering suing his Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini (pictured right) following the record fine handed to him by the Premier League leaders.
By David Gold
October 25 – The Aston Villa team which won the European Cup in 1982 is to be inducted into the National Football Museum’s Hall of Fame later this month.
By David Gold
October 23 – Manchester City have launched an international membership programme, which give members access to a range of benefits, including dedicated fan zones, entry to exclusive competitions and offers on club merchandise.
By Andrew Warshaw
October 18 – Premier League chairman Sir Dave Richards is the latest high-profile figure to denounce Liverpool’s demand for a greater share of overseas broadcasting revenue.
By Andrew Warshaw
October 18 – Barry Hearn, chairman of Leyton Orient, has written to the Government asking for London mayor Boris Johnson to be excluded from the next round of talks over the future of the Olympic Stadium.
By David Gold
October 17 – Tottenham Hotspur’s judicial review against the decision to award the Olympic Stadium to West Ham United after London 2012 will not be taking place tomorrow as planned after the Premier League club withdrew.
By Andrew Warshaw at the ISEM conference in London
October 13 – London’s image as hosts of next year’s Olympics has definitely suffered because of the ongoing stadium row and will get worse unless the issue is resolved before the Games start, a leading sports administrator warned today.
By David Gold
October 13 – Alisher Usmanov, the second wealthiest man in English football, has written to Arsenal shareholders in a bid to push his stake in the Premier League club to 30 per cent.
By Andrew Warshaw at the ISEM Conference in London
October 12 – One of the UK’s most respected sports business gurus has poured scorn on Liverpool’s bid to lead a Premier League challenge for overseas television rights to be sold individually, branding the idea as a “red herring” and saying it would never get off the ground.
By Andrew Warshaw
October 11 – West Ham United insisted today they still want to take over the Olympic Stadium despite the collapse of the deal allowing the club to move in straight after next year’s Games.