Sepp Blatter suspended: Fifa bans its president and Uefa boss Michel Platini for 90 days October 8, 2015 Sepp Blatter's hold on power at Fifa appears to be slipping after he was banned from the organisation for 90 days along with Uefa boss Michel Platini over alleged corruption. Blatter's 17-year reign at the top of football's under-fire governing body has hit its biggest crisis yet, while Platini's hopes of eventually succeeding him in [...]
Rugby World Cup 2015: England chiefs play down training ground spat between Mike Catt and Danny Cipriani October 7, 2015 England chiefs have denied that a pre-World Cup training ground spat between coach Mike Catt and overlooked fly-half Danny Cipriani left the squad on the verge of mutiny. The Rugby Football Union confirmed that the flashpoint occurred the day before England announced their 31-man squad for the tournament, and hours after Sale’s Cipriani had learned [...]
Rugby World Cup 2015: Warren Gatland hands Wales licence to attack Australia in Pool A decider October 7, 2015 England's World Cup demise at the hands of Australia has given Wales the licence to attack the Wallabies in their Pool A decider at Twickenham on Saturday, according to fitness coach Paul Stridgeon. The winners will face either Scotland or Japan in the quarter-final, while the losers will face two-time world champions South Africa, who [...]
England need to exorcise their familiar demon in foreign climes October 7, 2015 I was in the squad the last time England played Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates. We were No1 in the Test rankings but it was an embarrassment. We couldn’t cope with spin and we were comprehensively beaten 3-0. Going overseas and playing in subcontinental conditions is something which England have struggled with for some [...]
Over 30,000 seats left empty at Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium last season as club “overstate attendance” by 5,000 fans per game October 7, 2015 More than 30,000 seats were left unoccupied at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium last season according to police figures which reveal the club may have exaggerated its overrall attendance by nearly 22,000. Nearly every Premier League fixture at Arsenal's 60,432 capacity home is claimed to be a sell-out, despite the most expensive matchday and season ticket prices [...]
Rugby World Cup 2015 ticket prices plummet as disappointed England fans flood secondary ticketing website viagogo October 7, 2015 Tickets for Rugby World Cup games are plummeting in price on secondary ticket websites after England's disastrous campaign came to an abrupt end on Saturday. Depressed English rugby fans have flooded secondary ticketing website Viagogo with tickets to knock-out games that could have involved England, as well as the team's final fixture against Uruguay at [...]
Rugby World Cup 2015: Bryan Habana equals Jonah Lomu’s all-time try record as South Africa thrash United States October 7, 2015 South Africa head coach Heyneke Meyer hailed Bryan Habana after the winger equalled Jonah Lomu's all-time record tally of 15 World Cup tries. Habana plundered a hat-trick as the Springboks routed the United States 64-0 at the Olympic Stadium — a victory that guaranteed their progress to the quarter-finals as Pool B winners. Flanker Fancois Louw [...]
Fifa set to ban own president Sepp Blatter – as potential successor vows to sue for $100m October 7, 2015 Crisis-hit Fifa president Sepp Blatter's troubled 17-year reign has reached a new low after it emerged that the world governing body is on the verge of banning him. The investigatory arm of Fifa's own ethics committee is believed to have recommended that Blatter be suspended for 90 days, and a decision could be made on [...]
First “football stock exchange” Football Index launched in UK allowing fans to trade futures in top players October 7, 2015 Football-loving investors are being offered the chance to combine their passion with their profession on the world's first football stock market. BetIndex Ltd, a Jersey-based gambling operator, has launched Football Index, a platform for fans to act as traders by buying and selling "football futures" in the world's top 200 players. Like a typical futures [...]
Liverpool: Jurgen Klopp’s philosophy on business, leadership and football – in his own words October 7, 2015 Charismatic former Borussia Dortmund manager Jurgen Klopp is nearing a deal with Liverpool to replace Brendan Rodgers as the club's new boss, giving Reds fans the prospect of high-voltage football and lively press conferences to look forward to. Read more: Opinion – Jurgen Klopp can restore Liverpool to the top four When Klopp took over at [...]