West Ham United's hopes of occupying the Olympic Stadium after the 2012 Games gained fresh impetus today when Tessa Jowell invited the Premier League club to put in a formal bid to take it over.

Source: Guardian.co.uk

The first reaction on hearing that Shaun Wright-Phillips feels under-appreciated to be offered a new contract worth £70,000 a week is one of weary acceptance. This is England, after all – a country where football enjoys excess in all areas. Or at least at clubs such as Manchester City, where the rich get richer and the players might like to imagine that what they ask for is what they get.

Source: Guardian.co.uk

The former Wales and British Lions captain Gareth Thomas has completed his cross-code move from the Cardiff Blues to the Crusaders.

Source: Guardian.co.uk

Politicians from the three main parties and football supporters' groups have united in calling for the Football League to make public who owns its clubs after the league approved as "fit and proper" the offshore owners of Leeds United while keeping their identity private.

Source: Telegraph.co.uk