By Nick Harris 19 October 2010 Fifa’s ethics committee, chaired by Switzerland’s Claudio Sulser, will convene on Wednesday for a meeting that will consider whether to sack two Fifa Executive Committe (ExCo) members – Amos Adamu of Nigeria, and Tahiti’s Reynald Temarii  – implicated in alleged deals to sell their 2018 and 2022 Word Cup hosting votes, […]

19 October 2010 . It’s now an odds-on bet that Wayne Rooney will leave Manchester United in the January transfer window. William Hill price that at 2-7. The odds on him staying beyond January are 5-2, following Sir Alex Ferguson’s press conference and interviews today. Hills offer 7-2 that Rooney will still be a United […]

By Nick Harris 19 October 2010 The Manchester united Supporters Trust (MUST) has responded to the news that Wayne Rooney wants to leave the club, with a spokesman saying he is “disappointed”, and that “we still hold out hope that the situation can be resolved.” MUST also use the development to highlight concerns over the ownership […]

19 October 2010 Sir Alex Ferguson has given an interview to MUTV about the Wayne Rooney situation and the following transcript is on the ManUtd.com website. Q: After all we’ve heard and read, it would be interesting to hear your point of view. Let’s start with where it all began and the question of was […]

By Nick Harris 19 October 2010 Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed first-hand that Wayne Rooney has told the club he wants to quit, and that he has known since August, and that Rooney has reiterated his position since. In an interview with MUTV, Ferguson said talks about a contract extension had begun before the World […]

By Nick Harris 18 October 2010 Wayne Rooney could put pressure on Manchester United to sell him by invoking Article 17 of Fifa’s transfer laws and unilaterally quitting his contract next summer. The so-called ‘Webster ruling’ allowed Scotland’s Andy Webster to quit Hearts for Wigan in 2006, a decision ratified by the Court for Arbitration […]

By Pete Wilson 18 October 2010 Eduardo has been speaking at The Emirates Stadium this evening about his return to the venue as a player with Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League, just a few months after leaving Arsenal. The Croatian international striker from Brazil was sold to the Ukrainian Premier League team to make […]

ALEXANDRA WILLIS is the Deputy Editor of ACE Tennis Magazine, and alongside mag work and an affair with social media, has the dubious honour of following British players to Grand Slam qualifying from time to time as part of her professional duties. If you happen to bump into her court-side, she’ll probably tell you that she went […]

By Nick Harris 18 October 2010 Two of the key figures in the company that now owns Liverpool, John W Henry and Tom Werner of NESV, will meet with Roy Hodgson today, Monday, to start planning for the future and reassure him that he will be given some time to turn around a poor start […]

By Nick Harris 17 October 2010 As a Fifa investigation gets underway into reports in the Sunday Times (subscription, BBC story here) that two Fifa Executive Committee members were apparently prepared to sell their 2018 and 2022 World Cup hosting votes, the scope of the inquiry is likely to move beyond the responses of those ExCo […]