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Music :: Drake seems to be taking his "Take Care" album leakage pretty well In music news, one of the most anticipated rap albums of the year has hit the interwebs and caused quite a stir last night. Drake sophomore studio album Take Care, scheduled for a November 15th release, was leaked. You would expect that the artist would be pretty upset, and ...

Forbes Names FIFA's Sepp Blatter #63 World's Most Powerful People via FIFA FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter has retained his place on Forbes magazine’s list of the world’s 70 most powerful people. The Swiss has risen two places to 63rd on the annual compilation, which is topped by the USA’s president Barack Obama. Impressively, Blatter ...

David Beckham : MLS Owner? In an interview with BBC Sport, David Beckham hinted that he might be interested in buying a team in the United States when he gives the game up. 'I have the option and it's something I probably will do. Obviously I have to wait until I finish playing. 'I want to be part of something that is going to grow and I believe ...

FIFA Makes $1.85 Billion Off 2018/2022 World Cup TV Deals via Guardian Fifa has completed broadcast deals worth $1.85bn (£1.15bn) for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups in the last week, including an estimated $1.2bn earned from US sales to Fox, Telemundo and Fútbol de Primera. Football's world governing body confirmed it has also sold rights to SBS in ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

via BBC In an exclusive interview with BBC North West Tonight, Ferguson said TV controls aspects of the game because of the vast amount of money it provides.  He claimed clubs had lost control over fixtures and this had had a detrimental effect on those competing in Europe. "When you shake hands with the devil you have to pay the price," he ...