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Sebastien Le Toux on verge of Bolton transfer

The Philly Soccer Page 18 January @ 12:51 PM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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Fox Soccer is reporting that Union striker/top scorer/face-of-the-franchise/fan-favorite Sebastien Le Toux began training with the English Premier League's Bolton Wanderers ahead of a transfer that will be completed by the end of the week.

As of 12:40 PM, no sources have confirmed this news.

At last: the ruling on TV rights in the UK is out – and the EPL has lost

Untold Arsenal 04 October @ 09:03 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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By Tony Attwood The highest court in the European Union has ruled that it is legal for individuals within the EU to buy set-top box decoder cards from other EU broadcasters and watch whatever they have to offer. The ruling cannot be appealed. That means that in the UK, for example, we don't suffer the [.

England football team ‘could be forced to wear EU flag’ – Telegraph

Soccer Limey in America 08 July @ 12:30 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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England football team 'could be forced to wear EU flag' Telegraph.

Apparently, the winds of change are blowing through the halls of European governments today with regard to presenting a more unified stance for sports teams who perform in a European setting.

Plans are afoot from some dumbass Spanish politician to mandate that an EU symbol or flag be present on every shirt or uniform of EVERY European country.

Analysing The Possible Movers : Samir Nasri

Arsenal View From a Gooner 20 June @ 12:44 PM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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Let's hope that jubilation is seen more at the Grove

Arsene Wenger promised us that this is going to be a busy summer. Judging by the high amount of transfer related news that has Arsenal in its content, the manager's promise might be coming true. But from the outside, we have to be slightly cautious with regards to those news.

The buys from Brazil: The new recruits from Manchester United's South American talent factory

Sanford's Soccer Net 24 March @ 08:37 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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The process is part of a painstaking two-and-a-half-year project by the Barclays Premier League leaders to develop their own talent in South America rather than splash out huge fees on the next generation of stars.
Confidentiality agreements prevent Desportivo Brasil from revealing which of their 100-plus teenagers have a pre-contract agreement with United, but Sportsmail has learned that the five players pictured at Old Trafford are called Gladstony, Aguilar, Lucas Evangelista, Agnaldo and Rafael Leao.

FIFA, UEFA lose EU court bid over exclusive pay-TV rights

The Soccer Room 17 February @ 08:42 PM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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BRUSSELS, Belgium Soccer fans may be able to continue watching World Cup and European Championship matches for free after a European Union court ruled governing bodies can't strike exclusive pay-TV deals for the games in the U.K. and Belgium. FIFA and UEFA, the game's global and European governing bodies, lost court appeals today against [.

Money, Money, Money: FTA Television And The Cost Of The Champions League Final

Twohundredpercent 17 February @ 06:00 PM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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It hasn't been a very good couple of weeks for those that would seek to make us pay through the nose to watch football on the television. The Karen Murphy court case, which was heard at the European Court of Justice a couple of weeks ago, blew away the idea that pubs should be tied into Sky's packages if they can buy cheaper elsewhere (at least until the next round of television contracts, when it is expected that they will sold Europe-wide) and today the European Union stood in defence of consumers again with the rejection of a claim by FIFA and UEFA that they should be able to sell off the rights to some matches within tournaments.

Judge will rule on Liverpool sale dispute Thursday

The Soccer Room 16 February @ 08:58 PM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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LONDON, England A British judge will rule Thursday whether Liverpool's former American owners can sue in the United States over the enforced sale of the club to the Boston Red Sox ownership group. Tom Hicks and George Gillett Jr. claim that an "epic swindle" by Liverpool directors and the club's lenders led to a [.

EU Judgement Threatens Premier League TV Rights Revolution

Football Marketing 03 February @ 05:46 PM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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Venues showing live Premier League matches from foreign broadcasters are not breaking EU law, court advised