By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
August 10 – West Ham United have revealed details of their plans for the Olympic Stadium if they take it over after the 2012 Games and have pledged to retain an athletics track in a newly reconfigured 60,000-capacity arena.
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
August 9 – Sahara India Group, one of the groups interested in buying Liverpool, has pulled out of the race they announced today.
August 5 – The Chinese Government has been revealed as the mystery backer behind a bid to buy Premier League Liverpool.
August 4 – Liverpool owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett have promised not to stand in the way of a new buyer, it has been claimed.
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
July 28 – Manchester United fans should be happy that their club is owned by the Glazer family, Major League Soccer (MLS) Commissioner Don Garber claimed today.
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
July 26 – West Ham United expect to be given first option of taking over the Olympic Stadium after the London 2012 Games, the club’s vice-chairman Karren Brady claimed today.
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
July 25 – West Ham United co-owner David Gold believes David Beckham could play a key role in the club’s bid to move into London’s Olympic Stadium after the 2012 Games.
By Tom Degun in London
July 20 – West Ham United’s hopes of taking over the Olympic Stadium after the London 2012 Games today received a major boost from the owners of Westfield, who are building a new multi-million shoping centre in the shadow of the arena.
July 15 – Wayne Rooney has avoided having to pay £4.3 million ($6.6 million) in a lawsuit brought by his former agents, Proactive.
By Tom Degun in London
July 8 – The Premier League is in negotiations with London 2012 officials to leave the sporting calendar in Britain free during the period of the Olympics, which are due to open on July 27 and finish on August 12.
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July 1 – BT today launched a package allowing its customer to view Sky Sports from as little as £6.99 ($10.62) a month on top of the basic monthly subscription.
By Tom Degun
June 29 – Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport Jeremy Hunt (pictured), has been forced to apologise after suggesting that hooliganism was to blame for the Hillsborough disaster.
By David Owen in Johannesburg
June 15 – Frank Lowy (pictured left) would have no problem with West Ham United setting up shop in the Olympic stadium – provided supporters do not invade parking spaces intended for shoppers at the new Westfield Stratford mall.
By Tom Degun in London
June 8 – A group of experts today told the London Assembly’s Economic Development, Culture, Sport and Tourism Committee that Premier League West Ham United are the obvious candidates to provide the most economically viable future for the London 2012 Olympic Stadium post-Games in the midst of a recession.
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June 7 – The scale of debt held by the Glazer family, the owners of Manchester United, is even greater than first imagined after it emerged that their business empire owes £1.1 billion ($1.6 billion), which could threaten their ownership of the three-time European champions.