I woke up cheerful today, as is normally the case on most Saturday's, especially on Saturday's when we're playing at home. My smile quickly turned into a miserable frown and my joy evolved, faster than than any Richard Dawkin's book, into disgust as I read that Chelsea are now allowed to trade within January's transfer window after the Court of Arbitration in Sport (CAS) postponed the FIFA imposed ban until it (CAS) has heard the club's appeal. Click to continue reading...

Time to get the chequebook out Roman.

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The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has granted Chelsea's request to suspend their transfer ban.

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Well, it's official: Adrian Mutu must pay Chelsea FC €17m, so says the Court for Arbitration of Sport. The ruling was handed down awhile ago, sometime last year to be not quite precise, but Adrian went through the various appeals process with little success. In fact he probably wishes he'd kept his big bazzoo shut, [. Click to continue reading...

Good day for Shakhtar Donetsk. Not only did the team win the UEFA Cup, but the club also found out they were at least €12 million richer thanks to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Here's the backstory: In July 2007, Brazilian midfielder Matuzalém left Shakhtar to join Real Zaragoza despite having two years to run [. Click to continue reading...

Italian Serie A & B players will be coming to work a bit late this weekend.  This time their bosses will not mind, in fact they will support it.  In a statement released by the Italian Players' Association (AIC - Associazione Italiana Calciatori), players from the Top 2 flights of Italian football will come 15 minutes late to [. Click to continue reading...

Italian Serie A & B players will be coming to work a bit late this weekend.  This time their bosses will not mind, in fact they will support it.  In a statement released by the Italian Players' Association (AIC - Associazione Italiana Calciatori), players from the Top 2 flights of Italian football will come 15 minutes late to [. Click to continue reading...

Agents are, shall we say, less than favorable people. To be an agent one doesn't have to be exceedingly brilliant, but being a charlatan, swindler and wielding questionable morals at best are almost prerequisites. So when you hear stories like Franck Ribery's, it puts a little kick into your step. Franck canceled his deal with [. Click to continue reading...

It wasn't widely report at the time, but back in June FIFA decided that Adrian Mutu owed Chelsea €12 million (£9.6 million) compensation. Why? For putting some special Colombian powder up his nostrils, getting his contract terminated and then signing for Juventus on a free transfer before moving on to current club Fiorentina. Click to continue reading...

All the drama of the past week could not put a damper on our play. We are in top form. And as all our fans knew, and now all of Greece knows, we are the real Champions. Despite the EPO, regardless of Olympiaco's money, forgetting how even the CAS would not put things right, [...] Click to continue reading...

Apollon Kalamarias had their day in court, as the saying goes, and they lost. Yes, its a shame. We would all even many Olympiacos fans prefer to see the Championship settled on the pitch, not in a courtroom. But that is not the world we live in. Olympiacos has been [...] Click to continue reading...

Rivaldo on the CAS Appeal: "A team that was not good enough to win the title on the pitch does not deserve the trophy. Football is a beautiful sport and should be played on the pitch." So true. What all of us are feeling. Full story here. Click to continue reading...

CAS oficially rejected Apollon Kalamarias today meaning that olympiacos are now,unfortunately, champions. AEK FC's official website however shows the standings as oly with 67 points and AEK with 68 points. This now means that AEK will take place in the playoffs. Nothing right now, however, is certain about when or even if the playoffs will take [. Click to continue reading...

The International Tribune has finally picked up the story of the CAS appeal and the controversey over the Greek Championship. Read it here. Click to continue reading...

ANother update from Greece: It appearss that AEK and PAO lawyers were able to argue their cases afterall. According to late-breaking radio reports, Olympiakos argued for more than three hours that neight of their rival clubs should be allowed to intervene in the proceeding. After that, CAS (Court of Arbitration for Sport) apparently [. Click to continue reading...

One of our sources in Greece just wrote in with the following update: The Court of Arbitration for Sport held its hearing today and it lasted 9 hours. Kalamaria and Olympiakos were there with their lawyers. AEK and PAO were there but were not allowed to intervene. If I understood correctly, Oly objected to having [. Click to continue reading...

I mean it. On February 3rd, a scrappy Apollon Kalamarias side upset heavily-favored champions Olympiacos 1-0. Olympiacos ran to the EPO protesting that Apollon fielded an ineligible player. The EPO ruled in Olympiacos's favor, reversed the result of the match and docked Apollon an additional point. Click to continue reading...