Rio Ferdinand has lost his privacy action over a "kiss and tell" story. The England and Manchester United centre back was not at London's High Court to hear Mr Justice Nicol dismiss his claim against MGN Ltd. Ferdinand, 32, brought his case for misuse of private information over an April 2010 Sunday Mirror article in which interior designer Carly Storey gave her account of their 13-year relationship...
Thursday, 29 September 2011
Friday, 9 September 2011
Soccer chief quits amid email probe
Manchester City chief executive Garry Cook has resigned following an investigation into claims he sent an offensive email to the mother of club player Nedum Onuoha. The club launched the internal probe earlier this week after it was alleged Mr Cook made light of cancer sufferer Dr Anthonia Onuoha's condition. Mr Cook had denied he sent the message and claimed his email had been hacked, possibly...
Thursday, 8 September 2011
Spanish clubs gang up for TV rights battle
The chiefs of 12 Spanish first division clubs fighting giants Barcelona and Real Madrid over television rights called Thursday for the sales to be centralised under the Professional Football League (LFP). "We are going to push for a form of joint marketing of the television rights, and that the LFP handles it," Sevilla president Jose Maria del Nido told a news conference after a meeting of the...