The good news for Avram Grant and Pompey fans, is that the Premier League has lifted the clubs transfer embargo. The bad news is that they can only sign players on loan or who are available on a free transfer

Portsmouth has been unable to register new players since October, when the Premier League imposed the restriction due to the club's unpaid debts on previous transfers.

Morning all, short blog today as FP prepares to renew his war against the over-50s badminton club (it's a losing battle).
Meanwhile, it's official, Eugene Dadi has left Perth Glory and will play for Wellington Phoenix for the rest of the A-League season.
All this officialness (if that's a word) came yesterday when both Perth and Wellington confirmed the deal.

After 14 years working for Setanta Sports North America, Shane O'Rourke, President of North American & Australian Operations of Setanta Sports, has left the company and is now the chief executive of Premium Sports.

In this exclusive interview, O'Rourke reveals:

• why he left Setanta Sports,
• what his biggest achievement was at Setanta,
• the impact that Fox Soccer Channel and Setanta Sports has had on soccer in North America,
• new cable deals for Setanta Sports,
• how Premium Sports will impact sports fans in North America,
• and more.

Debt -hit Portsmouth have been forced to sell players to recover from the situation. Chief Executive of the club, Peter Storrie has confirmed that they are looking for buyers all the star players to avoid the club from going down. The club has been going through a financial crisis for sometime but matters became worse as [.

Hull boss Phil Brown wants his two players back home now. "I am appalled. This throws a question mark against next summer's World Cup.You simply cannot put the safety of players, officials and fans at the slightest risk. That is totally unacceptable. I have two players -Daniel Cousin and Seyi Olofinjana - on duty and I want them back home here with us as quickly as possible,"
Pompey chief executive Peter Storrie said: "This is a terrible, tragic incident and I am very concerned about this whole situation.

"We've supported the club both with marketing assistance and some direct funding - that's not a situation we want to continue forever," FFA chief executive Ben Buckley said last night.

"What the club has to do is create a strategic and business plan for the future which addresses their issues.

The FAI today confirmed that Ireland will play Brazil in a friendly at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium on Tuesday, March 2nd, subject to final approval.
Kentaro, the international sports promoter involved with the fixture, announced the Emirates as the venue for the friendly. Kentaro are expected to announce kick-off time and ticket details next week.

After all the rumours surrounding the Arsenal defender Phillipe Senderos linking him with Everton and Real Zaragoza amongst a host of other clubs, it now seems that the Scottish giants Celtic are set to pip their great rivals Rangers to the Switzerland international's signature. According to today's Scottish Sun, the Celtic chief executive Peter Lawwell spent [.

Is their a more disliked executive in world football than Manchester City chief-executive Garry Cook?

Cook was heavily criticized for the way that he handled the firing of Mark Hughes' last month and he drew ridicule when he accused AC Milan of "bottling it" in the wake of his failed attempt to sign Kaka.

Is their a more disliked executive in world football than Manchester City chief-executive Garry Cook?

Cook was heavily criticized for the way that he handled the firing of Mark Hughes' last month and he drew ridicule when he accused AC Milan of "bottling it" in the wake of his failed attempt to sign Kaka.

The good news for Avram Grant and Pompey fans, is that the Premier League has lifted the clubs transfer embargo. The bad news is that they can only sign players on loan or who are available on a free transfer

Portsmouth has been unable to register new players since October, when the Premier League imposed the restriction due to the club's unpaid debts on previous transfers.

Manchester United are through to the League Cup final after outplaying Manchester City home and away.

Rewind one week and chief executive Garry Cook was claiming City were definitely going to beat United at Old Trafford and book their place in the final

"This football club will be without doubt the biggest and best in the world," Cook said.

Oliver Kay, The Times: There are neighbours, there are noisy neighbours and, if you are really unlucky, like Manchester City, you might be lumbered with the kind of neighbours who become utterly preoccupied with scuppering your planning application. Manchester City's designs on parading a trophy around this divided city for the first time since 1976, not to mention their much-publicised desire for world domination, are back on the drawing board after Wayne Rooney's late, late goal settled another extraordinary derby last night.

Not only is the team so very in debt.
And so very in last place of the Premiership table.
The Portsmouth club website was shut down since the broke team hasn't been able to pay their web guys. Oh and their chief executive and coach might be quitting, perhaps this weekend.
Like I said, not a good year.

Seemingly not one to be out of the headlines for long, Garry Cook finds himself centre stage once again today with the suggestion in The Guardian that ADUG are giving 'serious consideration' to the possibility of replacing him in the summer:

Manchester City's owners in Abu Dhabi are starting to give serious consideration to the position of the chief executive, Garry Cook, at the end of the season after becoming increasingly perturbed about his leadership style and the frequency with which he has attracted bad publicity.