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The Premier League chief executive, Richard Scudamore, confirmed in an email to all member clubs this week: "Fulham are asking the court to order an injunction restraining the chairman [Richards] from taking any role in the transfer of players or, alternatively, that the court remove the chairman from the board of the Premier League." (more...)

from cnn.com His remarks were based on a column published Monday of a possible nuclear war involving the United States and Iran, sparked by conflict over that country's nuclear activities. Fidel in his own words after the jump... (more...)

A group of senators is getting behind an effort to bring the World Cup to the U.S. in 2018 or 2022. The senators, led by New York Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand, planned to send a letter to FIFA president Sepp Blatter this week on behalf of the U.S. bid. (more...)

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has told soccer's 200-plus nations that he will seek re-election for another four-year term. Blatter closed the annual FIFA Congress on Thursday telling delegates he would stand again in 2011, and continue putting his "strength, energy, experience and passion" into soccer if they wanted him. His offer was met with ...

from espn: The Honduran government has approved a work schedule that allows 200,000 public employees time off the job to watch their country play in the World Cup. The government has urged private enterprises to do the same. Africo Madrid, the minister in charge of the changes, said employees would not have to begin work until 10.00am on June ...

United States Vice-President Joe Biden will represent his nation at the opening ceremony of the FIFA World Cup soccer in Johannesburg, South Africa, on June 11, the White House has announced.   Biden will also attend the opening US match versus England on June 12th. The announcement seems to have ruled out the possibility of President Barack Obama ...

From the telegraph uk: Mr Brown said he had asked the Labour Party to begin preparations for a leadership contest in which he will “play no part”. His announcement on the steps of Downing Street was an attempt to woo the Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg by offering his own resignation as a key plank of any deal. But Mr Brown also made it clear that ...

With 62 days to go before the football World Cup opens, FIFA - the sport's governing body - and the South African local organizing committee are pleading with South Africans to buy the remaining 500,000 tickets that have been made available. "This final ticket phase is very important," said FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke at a press conference in ...