Louis Saha: Fifa election ignores what football’s governing body really needs – reform led by a truly independent body February 26, 2016 Fifa is hoping that years of corruption scandals and turbulence will finally be brought to an end by the election of a new president. But I’m not the only one of the opinion that Fifa’s problems run deeper than Sepp Blatter – 69% of fans polled in Transparency International’s recent research said they’ve lost all [...]
Fifa election 2016: What time is the presidential election? Who are the candidates? Where is it being held? And how does the vote work? February 26, 2016 It's all change at Fifa today as the scandal-hit organisation convenes in Zurich to elect Sepp Blatter's successor as president and vote on a raft of reforms to its structure and values. Five candidates are in the reckoning to up the mantle of leading football's governing body out of a period of continual corruption allegations, [...]
Fifa is spending $10m a month on legal bills and is $550m behind revenue targets, governing body reveals at presidential election February 26, 2016 Fifa's legal woes are heavily weighing on its finances, with the governing body revealing it is over half a billion dollars behind its revenue targets at its emergency congress. The scandal-hit organisation is spending roughly $10m every single month on legal bills, acting general secretary Markus Kattner revealed as football's power brokers gathered in Zurich [...]
The FA admits fixture scheduling needs major rethink after Uefa gives go-ahead to Arsenal v Hull replay February 26, 2016 The Football Association (FA) has admitted it needs to re-think the English football fixture list, following criticism from Premier League managers over the number of games their teams are required to play. Uefa had to grant special dispensation to allow Arsenal to play an FA Cup replay against Hull on Tuesday 8 March, on the same night [...]
Cleansed at the National Theatre and A Girl Is a Half Formed Thing at the Young Vic reviewed February 25, 2016 Cleansed Dorfman (National Theatre) | ★★★☆☆ I was going to start this review by saying Sarah Kane’s Cleansed has lost a little of its shock value in the 18 years since it premiered. In this time the phrase “torture porn” has entered the popular vernacular and even your mum has probably seen The Human Centipede. [...]
Wentworth Golf Club says the show must go on, as residents seek legal advise for disrupting this year’s PGA golf tournament February 25, 2016 As City boys and Surrey golfers step up their campaign against Wentworth Golf Club’s new £100,000 joining fee, it seems that the troops on either side of the row are preparing for a battle. The Wentworth Estate Roads Committee, the governing body that looks after the interest of Wentworth’s residents, has hired lawyers at Quinn Emmanuel [...]
Jones not averse to targeting Ireland fly-half Sexton as Itoje prepared for full debut February 25, 2016 England head coach Eddie Jones has hinted that his Grand Slam-chasing side will target recuperating Ireland fly-half Johnny Sexton during tomorrow’s Six Nations showdown at Twickenham. Sexton suffered neck and shoulder injuries during Ireland’s 10-9 defeat to France earlier this month, and Jones makes no apologies for adopting the policy of attacking what he believes [...]
Tottenham’s new £400m stadium receives planning approval from Mayor Boris Johnson February 25, 2016 Tottenham's new stadium project has received the green light from Mayor of London Boris Johnson, the second stage of planning approval needed to making the £400m development a reality. Spurs received initial planning permission from Haringey Council in December and hope to have the 61,000 stadium, which will become the biggest belonging to any London [...]
I’d struggle to welcome spot-fixer Westfield into a dressing room I was in February 25, 2016 I would find it very difficult if jailed spot-fixer Mervyn Westfield, who had his five-year ban lifted a year early and could play second XI county cricket this season, walked into my dressing room and represented the club that I was playing for. Westfield, aged 21 at the time, was approached by Pakistan spinner and Essex [...]
Mauricio Pochettino: Tottenham have enough quality to go full throttle in the Europa League and the Premier League February 25, 2016 Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino insisted that his team would not let a Premier League title challenge stop them from going full throttle in Europe after they thumped Fiorentina 3-0 at White Hart Lane. Spurs progress to the Europa League’s final 16 with a 4-1 aggregate victory over Serie A’s third-placed side and the Argentine coach [...]