I’m an Arsenal fan but don’t want to invest in club, says Nigerian tycoon May 24, 2010 NIGERIA’S wealthiest man Aliko Dangote has emphatically ruled out buying a stake in Arsenal, following reports he could snap up Lady Nina Bracewell-Smith’s 15.9 per cent shareholding. Dangote, who is estimated to be worth £1.5bn, was said to be interested in acquiring Lady Bracewell-Smith’s shares, which would be expected to fetch around £100m. But while [...]
Inter chief bidding to keep Mourinho May 23, 2010 JOSE MOURINHO may seem bound for Real Madrid, but Inter Milan president Massimo Moratti insists he has not yet given up hope of persuading his manager to stay. Even before Mourinho guided Inter to Champions League glory against Bayern Munich on Saturday evening in the Spanish capital, talk was rife of the Portuguese returning to [...]
Play-off victory earns Blackpool a £95m payday May 23, 2010 BLACKPOOL’S entire squad may be paid less collectively than Chelsea captain John Terry, but all that could be about to change after the unfashionable seaside outfit scooped football’s biggest jackpot of all. The Tangerines’ 3-2 victory over Cardiff in Saturday’s Championship play-off final earned them a return to the top-flight after a 39-year absence and, [...]
Penalties on the agenda for history-making final May 20, 2010 BAYERN MUNICH vs INTER MILAN TOMORROW – 7.45PM ITV1 THE ITV big-wigs must be tearing their hair out in frustration that the first time the Champions League final has been moved to the prime Saturday night slot no English team has managed to get there. England have been represented in all of the last five [...]
Unsettled Liverpool manager Benitez admits he would like to coach Spain May 19, 2010 RAFAEL BENITEZ says he dreams of one day coaching the Spanish national team – but insists he has no plans to leave Liverpool just yet. Under-fire Benitez has been tipped to quit Anfield this summer after failing to secure qualification for the Champions League. Inter Milan have been linked but Juventus, another potential destination, have [...]
Platini rides to England’s aid May 18, 2010 ENGLAND’S floundering bid to host the 2018 World Cup received a much-needed shot in the arm last night when two of the global game’s most powerful men, Michel Platini and Jack Warner, insisted the proposal remained strong. The country’s hopes of staging the tournament for the first time since 1966 nosedived after Lord Triesman, the [...]
Triesman departure sparks FA scramble May 18, 2010 A MASS scramble has begun to land the job of the most powerful man in English football following Lord Triesman’s resignation as chairman of the Football Association on Sunday. Triesman stepped down both from the FA and as chairman of England’s 2018 World Cup bid after he was secretly recorded telling a friend that Spain [...]
Foster looking to revive career with Birmingham move May 18, 2010 BIRMINGHAM have moved quickly to lay the groundwork for next season with a double swoop for England goalkeeper Ben Foster and Spanish youngster Enric Valles. Foster, 27, is poised to complete his £6m move from Manchester United after undergoing a medical in the midlands yesterday. He will be expected to be the Blues’ new No1, [...]
BANK BOSS HOLDS OWN IN STUDENT SCUFFLE May 16, 2010 THERE’S certainly one thing you can say with confidence about JP Morgan Chase chief executive Jamie Dimon: he ain’t afraid of taking the bull between the horns. Dimon yesterday braved the anger of the masses as he strode onto the campus of Syracuse University in New York, despite a planned protest against his invitation to [...]
Triesman quits posts amid bribery claims furore May 16, 2010 LORD TRIESMAN, one of the most powerful men in the British game, last night resigned as chairman of the Football Association and England’s bid to host the 2018 World Cup in embarrassing circumstances. Triesman stepped down after a Sunday newspaper published a private conversation between him and a former aide in which he allegedly suggests [...]