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By Tom Degun in London
February 12 – West Ham and Newham Council have claimed they are unconcerned by a potential legal challenge after they were awarded the Olympic Stadium ahead of Premier League rivals Tottenham Hotspur.
By Tom Degun at the Olympic Stadium, London
February 11 – West Ham and Newham Council have revealed their delight after the Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC) today officially confirmed they had selected the duo’s bid ahead of that of Tottenham Hotspur and AEG as the preferred tenant for the Olympic Stadium in Stratford after the London 2012 Games.
By Andrew Warshaw in London
February 11 – After months of often bitter wrangling, West Ham United was officially confirmed today as the preferred bidder to take over the Olympic Stadium after the London 2012 Games.
By Andrew Warshaw in London
February 10 – Tottenham Hotspur today described as “premature” reports that they has lost out in the bid to take over the Olympic stadium after next year’s London Games.
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By Andrew Warshaw
February 10 – Former Liverpool owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett are seeking more than $1 billion (£622 million) in damages in the London courts for being forced to sell the club for £300 million ($482 million) to NESV, the owners of the Boston Red Sox baseball team.
By Andrew Warshaw in London
February 9 – West Ham United have beaten Tottenham Hotspur in the bitter race to take over the 2012 Olympic stadium after next year’s London games, it was reported tonight.
By Andrew Warshaw in Geneva
February 8 – Chelsea’s £50 million ($80 million) fee for Fernando Torres left European champions Barcelona “shocked”, with one club director today describing the Spaniard’s move from Liverpool as “overpriced”.
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
February 7 – Tottenham Hotspur tonight released the first image of how the proposed 60,000-capacity football stadium will look if their bid to take over the Olympic Stadium after London 2012 is successful as the war of words between their chairman Daniel Levy and Karren Brady from Premier League rivals West Ham United continued to escalate.
By Mike Rowbottom
February 3 – The majority of Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United fans are opposed to their clubs taking over the Olympic Stadium site once the London 2012 Games are over, with Spurs fans almost 10-1 against, according to an extensive poll by the Football Supporters’ Federation (FSF).
By Mike Rowbottom
February 4 – Support for West Ham United and Newham Council’s joint proposal for the Olympic Stadium and its legacy has spread across the nation.
By Andrew Warshaw
February 3 – A surburban English publican has won a crucial stage in her claim to screen unauthorised live Premiership football in a landmark case described as potentially the Bosman of broadcasting.
February 3 – The League Managers Association (LMA) and Yahoo! have announced the launch of an online media partnership that will see video and print content from some of the biggest names in football management published across Yahoo!’s UK media platforms and social media channels.
By Andrew Warshaw
February 2 – UEFA has issued a fresh reminder about overspending following the record-breaking January transfer window in the Premier League, including Fernando Torres’ £50 million ($81 million) move from Liverpool to Chelsea.
By Mike Rowbottom
February 2 – England Athletics, the official representative body for all English athletics clubs, has attacked the endorsement of Tottenham Hotspur’s bid for the Olympic Stadium by the Association of British Athletics Clubs (ABAC), claiming the body has “no legitimacy”.
By Andrew Warshaw
February 1 – The staggering £225 million spent by Premier League clubs in the January transfer window, including the £35 million Liverpool paid to buy Andy Carroll (pictured) from Newcastle United, beat the previous record in 2008 by £50 million, according to report by accountants Deloitte.