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Daily Telegraph Sport Investigations Reporter. All views are my own. ben.rumsby @telegraph .co.uk
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You just know Mourinho’s been waiting to use that ‘three titles’ line for years but couldn’t until Wenger quit.
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Breaking: Kurt Zouma's cats have been seized by the RSCPA.
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Three women poised to run for Great Britain at next year’s Olympics join growing revolt against plans that could force them to race trans women:
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And the moral of the story is don't sign a six-year contract with no release clause aged 24.
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Confirmed: Liverpool v Crystal Palace, in which Liverpool could win the title, WILL be at Anfield.
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Am told Chelsea Pitch Owners is re-examining the Stamford Bridge lease in light of Chelsea joining The Super League. The CPO board will meet to discuss on Thursday.
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Never mind the Quadruple, Manchester City have just completed the Treble. Investigations now open with the FA, UEFA and Fifa.
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Breaking: Sky Sports confirms the Merseyside derby was watched by 5.5 million viewers in the UK - a new Premier League record.
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Is there anything to stop Roman Abramovich simply rejecting the ‘preferred bidder’ and simply selling instead to Jim Ratcliffe…?
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Am hearing a solution that would allow Chelsea fans and those of other teams to attend the club's upcoming games while they are banned from selling tickets is close to being finalised.
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The rules of football:
1. Disputed breach of betting rules: 10-week ban.
2. Accidental racist post: three-match ban.
3. Risk killing people through spreading Covid: "Internal matter".
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Main reasons I'm told football was called off this weekend when others weren't.
1. Elizabeth II was patron of the FA (she isn't of most other sports).
2. Her grandson is president of the FA.
3. Football is the national sport.
4. Initial tributes had already been paid at matches.
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To be clear about the booing, tickets for these friendlies were restricted to members of the England supporters club. This is the hardcore fanbase who will also have many of the Euros tickets.
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There will be no Champions League anthem played during matches played at home by British teams this week. Interestingly, it’s the same song played during a coronation.
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Amanda Staveley says there is “absolutely not” any prospect of Saudi Arabia committing acts that would get it sanctioned in the same way as Russia. Who’s bombing Yemen again…?
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Dowden also says the Government will not intervene in the Saudi takeover of Newcastle United.
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Got to feel for Mo Salah and Sadio Mané in 2021. Club World Cup in China in June and July followed immediately by Africa Cup of Nations. When does Fifa expect them to take a break? (1/2)
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Told there are major concerns about football fixtures taking place NEXT weekend due to the likelihood of police being redeployed en masse to London ahead of the Queen's funeral.
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If PSG get away with this loan-to-buy deal for Mbappe, UEFA might as well scrap FFP altogether.
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Sky Sports has lost the rights to La Liga from next season. They have been secured by a company called Eleven Sports run by a former BT Sport CEO.
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Asked if he welcomed the Saudi takeover of Newcastle (not linked to the state, apparently), Huddleston begins his answer: “Saudi Arabia is an important partner of the UK…”
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At the start of the season, I rang Premier League VAR partners Hawk-Eye wanting to ask some questions about the accuracy of its technology. I was told it only responds to media queries by email. So I emailed some questions. No response. Tried again twice more. No response.
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Breaking: Premier League clubs agree all 28 matches in September will be shown live.
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Liverpool have also taken 104 points (out of 114) from their last 38 games. Unheard of in Europe’s major leagues. We may be seeing numbers that will never be beaten.
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Adidas: "We have concluded our investigation and can confirm Kurt Zouma is no longer an adidas contracted athlete."
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RSPCA spokesperson: “The two cats are now in RSPCA care. Our priority is and has always been the wellbeing of these cats. They’ve been taken for a check-up at a vets and then will remain in our care while the investigation continues.”
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BT confirms both the Champions League and Europa League finals will be shown free of charge on YouTube.
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Thumbs up from Lallana as he walks through the mixed zone. Seems confident he's not injured.
#LFC
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The Government has indicated it would consider allowing him to sell (and take no money himself, as he has promised. That would obviously included writing off the debt, again as he has promised.)
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Richard Masters says the hearing into Manchester City's 115 charges will take place in the "near future". Closest he has come to indicating a date.
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Blatter to Swiss TV on Friday: "Why would I step down? That would mean I recognise that I did wrong."
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West Ham also announce Zouma has been fined “the maximum amount possible” (i.e. two weeks’ wages), which will be donated to animal welfare charities.
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The fiance of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi has announced she is seeking a meeting with Premier League chief executive Richard Masters over the proposed Saudi takeover of Newcastle.
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It's almost a decade, of course, since CPO delivered arguably the club's - and Roman Abramovich's - most chastening defeat.
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N’Golo Kante: 2016 Premier League. 2017 Premier League. 2018 World Cup. 2019 Europa League. 2021 Champions League.
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The Son red and refusal of either the ref or VAR to rescind it needs to be a watershed moment for the use of VAR in the Premier League. The entire credibility of PGMOL is at stake.
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Am told that the new Football Governance Bill will stop licensed clubs from joining breakaway competitions. So no chance of Premier League teams joining a rebel Super League unless they want to be thrown out of English football.
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Have just asked Solskjaer about our story at his pre-Chelsea press conference, whether he had any regrets over his handling of the case and whether he would do anything differently if the same happened at United.
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Premier League chief executive Richard Masters has responded to Amnesty’s letter on the Newcastle takeover.
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At this rate, Liverpool are going to get fed up with the number of guards of honour they’re going to be given before the end of the season.
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Want to know which clubs Premier League referees support? Have analysed where they are from and what teams they are kept away from officiating.
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Conte on selling Matic to a title rival: "You have to ask the club about this." Doesn't sound happy.
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To be absolutely clear on what's happening on the PPV front, I'm told Sky and BT won't make a penny on this and that all profits will go to clubs to make up for some of the loss of match-day revenue. Sounds fair enough to me.
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A leading anti-racism campaigner told me last week the FA has historically shown a lack of appetite to confront its most loyal customers. “No surrender” chants being another example.
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Huddleston says Government is working to make sure sanctions primarily impact Roman Abramovich and not Chelsea fans.
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Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin confirms VAR will NOT be used in the Champions League next season.
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Croatia are the Atletico Madrid of international football, aren’t they?
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I imagine that, given the nature of the offence, Zouma will never get another boot deal.
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Super League source: We are absolutely not backing down on this.
Government source: We are absolutely not backing down on this.
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One curiosity from the PL auction is BT ended up paying virtually the same per game as Sky from the main packs, despite ending up with the worst of them.
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Boris Johnson announces a "review" of plans to bring back fans to stadiums on October 1.
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Liverpool made €37.8m from their Europa League run - more than any other side who began the competition.
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Wembley statement saying people without tickets did not get in the stadium. I have eye-witnessed people successfully ‘tailgating’ (you have to assume without tickets) and have spoken to people who say they witnessed a similar incident.
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The alleged rape victim who last months declared Ole Gunnar Solskjaer unfit to manage Manchester United has now gone public with her story:
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Here's a goal 'celebration' suggestion for footballers. Instead of mobbing each other, they all unveil T-shirts saying: Stay at Home; Protect the NHS; Save Lives.
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This might be my favourite story of the year:
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@seaningle
"I'll never fail a drugs test" has to be among the most disturbing statements in sport. Just say: "I don't take drugs."
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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer “unfit to manage Manchester United”, says woman at centre of Norwegian rape case involving his former player:
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I pray Ched Evans's acquittal does not send the wrong message to other footballers. He may not be a rapist but what he did was not okay.
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Wenger says he's managed more European Cup games at Arsenal than they previously played in their entire history.
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West Brom and Fulham fans are going to be royally cheesed off if £14.95 PPV games continue next month. Second straight month none of their games have been chosen by Sky or BT. All but one Everton and Man City match chosen in that time.
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I wouldn't waste 140 characters blaming the baby boomers. I doubt many of them have even heard of Twitter, let alone use it.
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Pressed on whether he had any regrets, he replied: “No more answers.”
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YouGov Poll on Super League: 79% of football fans oppose creation of European Super League, 68% strongly oppose it; just 14% support it. Half of football fans (51%) think ‘big six’ European Super League clubs should be kicked out of the Premier League.
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Wenger on fan dissent: "Even if I go, they will not win every game."
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Breaking: Eni Aluko and Lucy Ward take action over Joey Barton social media posts.
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Italy’s World Cup failure highlights what an outstanding job Conte did with that squad at Euro 2016.
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If Nesta Carter is confirmed, every man apart from Bolt who has ever run under 9.79sec is a doper.
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Just read this in Raheem Sterling’s Times Magazine interview today. “Not allowed”? By whom?
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Announcement on Champions League and Europa League imminent...
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As tweeted by others, five sub defeated again today during vote of Premier League clubs. But door not closed on all behind-closed-doors games being shown on TV. Plus, curtailment rules still being finalised.
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The inside story of Mamadou Sakho's botched drugs probe and why Wada may not let it lie:
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Huddleston: “Can the Government allow an entity to fail? Yes, it can, whether it’s sport or football or anything else.”
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Given what we now know about City's CAS defeat, the suggestion their FFP fate is already decided effectively becomes an accusation that Uefa's administration has illicitly interfered in what is meant to be an entirely independent process that has yet to conclude.
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Boris Johnson: "We are considering the question of banning major public events, including sporting fixtures."
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Something I was not expecting to see in Azeem Rafiq's witness statement published just now.
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Unfortunate co-incidence news of Fifa's Pogba probe leaks at same time as it ditches ethics chiefs... Only one will make global headlines.
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Can’t believe Barcelona are blowing an Invincibles season with just two games left...
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Only in football could a club embrace a man accused of "smoothing over" a child abuse complaint but sack someone for eating a pasty.
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UEFA decision to close FFP investigation into PSG does NOT absolve them over the Neymar and Mbappe transfers. The period under investigation predated those deals, which are still being looked at.
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People tying themselves up in knots about “clear and obvious”. It’s not about whether a foul is easy or hard for the referee to spot or how many replays it takes to clear up. It’s about whether a definite foul took place - which both the VAR and ref both concluded it did.
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Michael Owen and Alan Shearer currently showing Sadio Mane and Mo Salah what a REAL feud looks like.
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Lord Coe attended last summer's Fina congress at which trans women were banned from the female category in swimming, a decision he hinted World Athletics could follow. Instead, it has gone down the UCI route.
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@StanCollymore
Just spoken to Spirit of Shankly. They’re refusing to criticise the club. Say it’s positive staff are still getting 100% of wages.
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For all the talk of Russian football being backward, the CSKA Arena proves they’re ahead of England in one department.
#safestanding
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I do think, however, that obstructing an FFP investigation after having already been punished for FFP breaches is worthy of a ban, not a fine. But CAS obviously disagrees.
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What a brilliant message Ben Stokes's recall at the expense of Sam Curran sends to all aspiring cricketers.
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It’s only a hunch but am getting the feeling Eric Cantona will be the ��caretaker manager’ Manchester United appoint.
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Exclusive: Am told the Wimbledon singles finals are on the brink of being the first major outdoor event at full capacity since the coronavirus crisis. More soon
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