Feb 14
The FA can today confirm that it has appointed Quest Limited to undertake its audit of a selection of transfers.
Quest will be engaged with immediate effect and will initially review transactions from the January transfer window. They have also been tasked with conducting an audit of the 2008 summer transfer window.
Quest were appointed after a tender process involving other professional services firms, and were chosen for their significant recent experience of working in football and in particular, their knowledge of the mechanics of the football transfer market.
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Feb 14
JAMES Hopes and Brad Hogg have been reinstated into the Australia side to face Sri Lanka in the one-day tri series match in Perth.
The unlucky Stuart Clark and Brad Haddin are the men to make way, with a flat-looking WACA pitch making batting strength, and a change of pace in the bowling stocks, a priority.
Captain Ricky Ponting said he was looking forward to another emotional occasion as Adam Gilchrist plays his last game on his home ground.
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Feb 14
AUSTRALIAN cycling star Cadel Evans is now favourite for the Tour de France after the talent-packed Astana team was controversially excluded.
The decision announced by tour director Christian Prudhomme is set to rule out last year’s champion Alberto Contador of Spain and third place-getter Levi Leipheimer.
Evans finished second by only 23 seconds to Contador last July – the best Australian result in Tour history and also the three-week classic’s second-closest result, with eight seconds back to American Leipheimer.
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Feb 14
Sooners head to Fayetteville, Ark., this weekend for Tyson Invitational.
Feb. 13, 2008
NORMAN, Okla. – The University of Oklahoma men’s indoor track and field team has resurfaced in the top five, at No. 4, in the latest national rankings released Wednesday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).
Oklahoma began the year at No. 17 in the polls, which are compiled strictly from the NCAA descending order lists and are released each Wednesday, and climbed to No. 3 on Jan. 30th. The Sooners briefly dropped to No. 7 before climbing three spots to their latest ranking after a strong weekend at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational.
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Feb 14
Barclays Premiership
LONDON – The chief executive of the Premier League insisted Wednesday that England’s top 20 clubs still want to look into playing overseas matches despite hostility toward the plan.
Richard Scudamore denied that criticism of last week’s announcement that the organization would examine proposals to expand the regular season by 10 overseas games from 2010-11 had led some elite clubs to reconsider their position.
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Feb 14
Iowa Stars
WINNIPEG – Dan Jancevski and James Neal each had a goal and an assist Wednesday as the Iowa Stars scored four straight goals in a 4-1 American Hockey League win over the Manitoba Moose.
Toby Petersen and Janos Vas also scored for Iowa.
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Feb 14
OHL
Rookie Jordan Mayer scored once and set up a goal by fellow rookie Casey Cizikas as the Mississauga St. Michael’s Majors ended a three-game losing streak with a 4-2 victory over the Guelph Storm Wednesday night in the Ontario Hockey League.
Mayer, who has only been with the Majors since Jan. 1, scored his third goal of the season in a three-goal, first-period uprising by Mississauga (26-27-1-1). He set up Cizikas for Mississauga’s first goal just two minutes after the opening faceoff.
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Feb 14
Ronaldo screams in pain after injuring his knee against Livorno
AC Milan striker Ronaldo faces up to nine months on the sidelines after rupturing a tendon in his left knee.
The 31-year-old was carried off in tears after suffering the injury against Livorno on Wednesday.
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Feb 14
David Beckham featured in helping Real Madrid win the 2006/07 title
Manchester United have moved from fourth to second in the list of the world’s richest clubs, as Real Madrid stayed top for the third straight year.
Deloitte’s Football Money League, which is based on revenues generated during 2006/7, was headed by United for eight years until the Spaniards deposed them.
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Feb 14
Liz Leer equaled her career high with 18 points and Stephanie N’Garsanet grabbed 11 rebounds as American defeated Bucknell 50-46 in women’s basketball action at Sojka Pavilion Wednesday night. Hope Foster (Washington, D.C./Dunbar) led the Bison with 17 points, the 10th time in the last 11 games she netted double figures.
Foster was the lone Bucknell player in double figures as the Bison struggled to score much of the night. The 46 points equaled the season low for them and outside of Foster’s 7-for-8 performance from the floor, they shot just 12 of 44 from the field.
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