clubs in transfer flurry as window closes
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:40:15 -0800

A FLURRY of last-minute transfers were being brokered across English football yesterday as clubs moved to bolster their squads in the final few hours of the January window. Premier League side Sunderland completed a loan deal for out-of-favour ...

Official: Sunderland sign Wayne Bridge from Manchester City on loan for rest ...
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:53:59 -0800

The left-back found himself out of favour this season under Blues boss Roberto Mancini and only made one appearance for the club in a League Cup clash. Black Cats boss Martin O'Neill revealed his delight at capturing Bridge, telling the club's official ...

Diakite joins QPR on loan from Nancy
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:58:01 -0800

Print Email Share Comments Recommend Tweet QPR have completed the signing of Nancy defensive midfielder Samba Diakite, the Premier League club have announced. French club Nancy indicated last night that the 23-year-old was on his way to Loftus Road and ...

'Obedient Wives Club ' Irks Some Muslims In Malaysia
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:49:21 -0800

by Anthony Kuhn Last June, some employees at the Global Ikhwan Cafe, in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur, established the Obedient Wives Club . Global Ikhwan (Ikhwan is Arabic for "brotherhood") owns businesses in several countries.

Transfers in era of Financial Fair Play
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:29:39 -0800

There are potential problems with the implementation and crucial caveats when it comes to "living within your means," but the idea that clubs should control their spending is entirely appropriate. It is 2013 when FFP will truly kick in, ...

FAS: Banker's guarantee not mandatory
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:20:21 -0800

By Ali Kasim Foreign clubs invited to play in the S-League do not have to provide a banker's guarantee. Reports surfaced yesterday that Etoile FC were allowed to play two seasons in the S-League despite not having provided the full banker's guarantee ...

Bayview Mackinac Race has title sponsor, charity preview
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:48:18 -0800

By Peggy Walsh-Sarnecki Bell's Brewery has extended its sponsorship of the Bell's Beer Bayview Mackinac Race through 2014, and the race host has announced the first Charity Preview Party for the race, to be held June 30 at Bayview Yacht Club in Detroit ...

Gibson sinks City as former club United close gap
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:14:01 -0800

Gibson, who was often pilloried by sections of United's supporters before he joined Everton in mid-January, did his old club a huge favour after driving in his first goal for the Toffees on 60 minutes to sink City at Goodison Park.

At City Ave. workshop, amendments prompt conversation, not solutions
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:51:22 -0800

David Haas of the Neighborhood Club of Bala Cynwyd and Ward 13 Commissioner Brian Mc Guire came to one conclusion Monday night almost everyone could agree on: Working on amendments to the City Avenue District ordinance is, not a science.

Palm Beach Yacht Club Honors Bridgette Wies of Southern Wine & Spirits of ...
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:31:45 -0800

MIAMI, Jan 30, 2012 (Business wire) -- Southern Wine & Spirits of Florida (SWS-FL), a division of Southern Wine & Spirits of American, Inc., proudly announces that the Palm Beach Yacht Club (PBYC), Palm Beach, Florida, has honored SWS-FL Sales ...

Inside Rick Ross' Birthday Bash With Dr. Dre, Diddy
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:10:16 -0800

By Rahman Dukes Rick Ross wrapped up a week of jet-set partying for his 36th birthday with a blowout bash at Club Amnesia in Miami on Sunday night (January 28) surrounded by some close friends and even more of his fans. The space was filled with ...

Nowak: 'It's not about one player'
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:13:53 -0800

Union manager Peter Nowak spoke with reporters about the Sebastien Le Toux trade and the club's other big moves on a conference call Tuesday afternoon. Not really. It's all about, as we always said, that we all believe and we make known to the public ...

Local Groove Does Good: The Story Of Trip-Hop's Rise From Bristol
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:31:16 -0800

by Vivien Goldman The Wild Bunch soon-to-be Massive Attack at the Dug Out Club in Bristol. The Wild Bunch soon-to-be Massive Attack at the Dug Out Club in Bristol. Sinuous and mysterious as a plume of drifting smoke, a new sort of groove ...

South Beach club crowd stumbles into politics at Morning Joe broadcast
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:02:22 -0800

But club -goers aren't alway addicted to politics. Who is Newt Gingrich? By douglas hanks even well before sunrise, MSNBC's Morning Joe politics program met a rowdy crowd at a South Beach diner early Monday. But the most noise didn't exactly come ...

Craig Whyte delays publication of Rangers holding company accounts
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:31:05 -0800

Rangers owner Craig Whyte has moved to delay publication of the first accounts of the holding company for his investment in the club (which was incorporated on September 2010) until April of this year. By Ewing Grahame and Roddy Forsyth Intriguingly, ...

Occupy DC protests The Alfalfa club
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:32:49 -0800

CNN's Senior Photojournalist Peter Morris reported: 'The Alfalfa Club , one of Washington's more unusual social organizations, exists only for the purpose of holding a satire-filled dinner every January. The club consists of approximately 200 members, ...

Europe's top clubs avoid big deadline-day signings
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:14:16 -0800

LONDON (AP) - European soccer's January transfer window was closing Tuesday night with the leading clubs appearing to avoid any big outlays in the first season of strict new financial controls by the sport's regional governing body.

Soccer Club Owner Mandaric Says Tax Evasion Trial an 'Insult'
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:41:18 -0800

31 (Bloomberg) -- Soccer club owner Milan Mandaric told a London court that tax evasion charges over $295000 paid to Tottenham Manager Harry Redknapp were an insult to someone as wealthy and law-abiding as him. Redknapp, 64, and Sheffield Wednesday ...

Champions League - Euro Club Index: Bayern bounce back
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:59:07 -0800

This season we will use the Hypercube Infostrada Euro Club Index, which scientifically analyses hundreds of thousands of matches from the top divisions in all European nations as well as Europa League and Champions League games.

Mayor Gray Declares Jan. 30-Feb. 4 'National Press Club Week' In Washington, DC
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:42:06 -0800

4) as "National Press Club Week" in the District. The Proclamation marks the beginning of the new term in office for the Club's 105th president, Theresa Werner. Ms. Werner was sworn in to office by Barbara Harrison, morning anchor of NBC News4 at a ...