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Fifa has to take some blame for World Cup uncertainty
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It will not reflect well on Blatter and Co if Brazil festival is marred.
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Bolton debt must serve as warning to Premier spendthrifts
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Worst-case scenario should be built into plans of all top Premier League football clubs.
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Even rich football club owners can't ignore the fans
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Rich investors pump their money into clubs (and are often welcomed for doing so) but then think they have a plaything that they can do with what they want.
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Magpies hit wrong note with new charges for newspapers
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Newcastle United Football Club plans to demand payment for access to manager and stars.
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Will changes to the rules really make a big difference to Formula One season?
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The ‘if it ain’t broke’ mantra seems to have disappeared from the world of sport.
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Politicians must help stamp out spectre of fixing
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Latest furore cannot be ignored or sponsors and fans will be lost.
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Power struggle could prove costly for European rugby
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The proposal to replace the current Heineken Cup with the Rugby Champions Cup came from English and French clubs that wanted greater autonomy when it came to the allocation of revenue.
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Fergie time is over but Red Devils still raking in the cash
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New TV and sponsorship deals keep United on top of the pile.
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Champions League deal a statement of intent by BT Sport
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BT Sport will have exclusive rights to the competition – as well as the Europa League – starting the season after next.
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BT making a good job of shooting for the Sky with sport
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The battle for viewers may prove costly for club and terrestrial TV fans.
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UEFA chief’s expansion plan to prevent cut in Euro qualifiers
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A debate has broken out between some of world football’s leading administrators over the size of future World Cup tournaments.
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Kevin Pietersen proves comedy can be be costly in court
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Where there is big money, there are also lawyers – and that basic rule is as relevant in the world of sport as it is anywhere else.
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Proof that the love of money really is the root of all evil
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Penn State, which previously had one of the best college football programmes in the US, was rocked by an abuse scandal in 2011 that shook the game, and the institution, to its core.
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It’s time to recruit new ways of picking football’s future bosses
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But one leading player in the field of sports recruitment believes that unless there is a wholesale change in the way managers are appointed, the huge number of bad decisions will continue.
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Fans taking the opportunity to protect their spiritual home
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A growing number of football supporters are setting the wheels in motion in a bid to protect their clubs’ stadiums being sold against their wishes.
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It’s time for a global crackdown to stop match-fixing
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Millions of cricket fans watched the replays open-mouthed as Mohammad Asif bowled deliberate no-balls during the Lord’s Test against England in 2010.
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Don’t expect Premier price cuts while the fans keep flocking to games
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Football supporters up and down the country have no doubt been dancing jigs of delight at the news that the cost of watching live football has fallen.
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Tokyo wins biggest Olympic race of all
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The Olympics are about much more than just the Games themselves. They bring with them major repercussions in terms of the economy, culture and human rights.
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Football agents make the most of an open window
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The football industry doesn’t always operate according to business norms as the summer’s non-transfer saga has made clear.
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A future where we get our kicks for free?
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Businesses are becoming more attuned to offering their customers something worthwhile for free and generating additional revenues from a variety of other sources to offset a notional 'loss'.
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Clubs can’t expect fans to just keep on paying more to watch football
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Accountancy group BDO claimed that up to one third of football clubs in the Championship and League One will be put up for sale over the next 12-18 months.
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Season comes at the right time for ailing bookies Ladbrokes
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At around 7.30 this morning, Ladbrokes’ chief executive Richard Glyn will issue his company’s interim results with City analysts anticipating a slump in pre-tax profits to £74 million from last year’s £106.9 million.
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Insuring against success could be win-win strategy for football clubs
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Just when an unusually warm summer had succeeded in convincing many of us that a barbecue was an integral aspect of Saturday afternoon, along comes a new football season.
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Take these Olympic figures with a large pinch of salt
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We should advise our children to also be wary of statistics, especially those bandied about by politicians adept at massaging and manipulating them to ‘prove’ a point.
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