Ofcom rules will allow BT to offer free football TV March 15, 2010 BT is allowed to offer free Premier League football as Ofcom has already withdrawn restrictions preventing the firm offering “bundle” deals. The former state operator was governed by strict laws aimed at improving competition. But recent changes mean BT would be allowed to tie up Premier League matches with its broadband and fixed-line services. The [...]
More cash for football clubs March 15, 2010 THE Premier League is planning a radical shake-up of its funding for the lower leagues in a bid to help stop clubs hitting the financial rocks. Portsmouth’s woes have dominated the headlines but it is the plight of Championship sides without bumper Premier League revenues that is troubling analysts. Now sources close to the matter [...]
CK owner buys Tommy Hilfiger March 15, 2010 PHILLIPS-VAN-HEUSEN will buy fashion brand Tommy Hilfiger in a cash and stock deal for about $3bn (£2bn) in a bid to boost its presence in markets like Europe and Asia, it said yesterday. Tommy Hilfiger is currently owned by private equity firm Apax Partners. Phillips-Van Heusen – which also owns the Calvin Klein designer brand [...]
‘Special One’ Jose eyes an English return March 15, 2010 CHELSEA V/S INTER MILAN JOSE MOURINHO has reiterated his desire to return to manage in England one day after stepping foot back inside Stamford Bridge last night. The Inter Milan boss returned for the first time since his shock sacking in September 2007 as he entertained the media ahead of tonight’s Champions League last-16 second [...]
Managers’ duel carries extra spice March 15, 2010 TONIGHT’S match is about far more than just who reaches the next round. Carlo Ancelotti and Jose Mourinho were both hired because they have won the Champions League; both can expect the axe to be sharpened if they do not look like repeating that feat at their latest clubs. Ancelotti is only in his first [...]
Megson in the frame for Hull job after Brown pays price for slump March 15, 2010 HULL CITY chiefs expect to appoint a new manager in the next 24 hours after Phil Brown was effectively sacked for failing to arrest their slide down the Premier League table. Brown, who took the Tigers into the top flight for the first time ever in 2008 but on Saturday saw them slip to 19th [...]
BT might offer free Premiership March 15, 2010 BT could launch a sensational attack on Sky’s dominance of subscription TV by offering Premier League football for free. Plans are being discussed at board level about how BT Vision could take advantage of an expected Ofcom ruling that will slash the price Sky can charge rivals for its prized premium content. One option being discussed [...]
Arsenal’s Gazidis preaching simple solution to football’s debt problem March 10, 2010 IT seems apt that Ivan Gazidis first fell in love with football at Portsmouth. His boyhood club’s grim descent into administration has laid bare the financial mismanagement prevalent even at the top level, where clubs borrow vast sums just to keep pace with their rivals. Now, as chief executive of Arsenal, he is among the [...]
Wenger boys have the momentum March 10, 2010 HE’S been questioned all season, but suddenly there seems to be method in Arsene Wenger’s madness. Despite suffering plenty of knocks along the way, Wenger has stayed loyal to his Arsenal players and you can imagine the grin on his face when Nicklas Bendtner slammed in his hat-trick goal to complete the five-goal demolition of [...]
Chester are liquidated by HMRC March 10, 2010 CHESTER CITY were wound-up by the High Court yesterday, although Cardiff City and Southend United were handed lifelines. Blue Square Premier side Chester owed HM Revenue & Customs £26,125 in unpaid taxes and were liquidated after 126 years in existence. But a fans group have vowed to resurrect the club by setting up a ‘phoenix’ [...]