Cardiff City have been given one last chance by the High Court to settle an outstanding tax bill. The Championship club were facing their third winding-up order on Wednesday over a £1.9m debt to Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC).

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Southend United have been granted a 35-day extension by the High Court to repay outstanding debts. The ruling against the League One club came at a winding-up hearing which had been adjourned from February.

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The Serious Fraud Office will be at the high court today to hear a civil judgment in the case of Rebecca Adlington's missing Olympic tickets. After paying £1,100 to Xclusive, a secondary ticket agent, the double gold medallist's parents were among hundreds who complained at the company's failure to supply the tickets.

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The Football Association is considering whether Shaun Wright-Phillips and Chelsea could face charges for dealing with an unlicensed agent, Mitchell Thomas, when Wright-Phillips moved to Stamford Bridge from Manchester City in July 2005. The investigation by the FA follows the outcome of a case brought by the Law Society against a solicitor, Timothy Drukker, who signed off the paperwork in the Wright?Phillips deal but paid Thomas part of the £1.2m fee which Chelsea paid him.

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