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Do foreign owners want to end Premier League relegation and promotion? Several of the biggest Premier League clubs want to scrap relegation and promotion, according to the League Managers' Association chief executive, Richard Bevan. The chief claims that the American and Asian owners in the top flight are more in favor of  a franchising model that ...

LeBron James visits Anfield Stadium and cheers on Liverpool FC Miami Heat star LeBron James visited Liverpool's Anfield Stadium for the first time since becoming a shareholder of the 18-time English champions. The two-time NBA MVP sat in the directors’ box for Saturday’s Premier League match against Liverpool rival Manchester United, a North West ...

LeBron James visits Anfield and Liverpool FC For the first time since he became a minority owner of Liverpool Football Club in England's Premier League in April, LeBron James will be in the crowd this weekend at iconic Anfield to see Liverpool play in person. via @STEIN_LINE_HQ and @KingJames (more...)

The FourFourTwo Rich List 2011/12 FFT.com brings you the wealthiest people involved in British football : managers, players, chairmen, shareholders and board members Overall - 1. Sheikh Mansour (£20bn) (Manchester City) : 2. Alisher Usmanov (£12.4bn) (Arsenal) : 3. Lakshmi Mittal (£11.8bn) (QPR) : 4. Roman Abramovich(£10.3bn) (Chelsea) : 5. ...

Billionaire owner of CHelsea FC, Roman Abramovich, is looking to clear a major barrier to leaving Stamford Bridge, by buying back crucial plots of land owned by Chelsea fans. Thousands of Blues supporters share the freehold to land beneath the pitch and the stands at Stamford Bridge as part of the Chelsea Pitch Owners (CPO) initiative set up in the ...

The ECJ said in a statement: "A system of licences for the broadcasting of football matches which grants broadcasters territorial exclusivity on a member state basis and which prohibits television viewers from watching the broadcasts with a decoder card in other member states is contrary to EU law." I'm not going to even attempt to explain ...

The top 5 goes like this: 1. Bill Gates :: $59B :: Microsoft 2. Warren Buffett :: $39B :: Berkshire Hathaway 3. Larry Ellison :: $33B :: Oracle 4. Charles Koch :: $25B :: "diversified" 4. David Koch :: $25B :: "diversified" Bill Gates is the nation's richest person for the 18th consecutive year; the last time he didn't rank No. 1 was 1993, ...

via daily mail A study by a business advisory firm shows that the top-division soccer clubs in England, Spain and Italy spent almost $2 billion on new players in the summer transfer window. Analysts have revealed that 2011 was a record year for Barclays Premier League transfer spending, with a staggering £710million being spent over the course of ...