A High Court judge has effectively told former Liverpool owner Tom Hicks to "put up or shut up" in his bid to sue over last year's £300million sale of the club... more
Liverpool Football Club looked certain to be sold to the owner of the Boston Red Sox baseball team today after the lifting of a restraining order blocking the rescue deal... more
It's obvious why Premier League football has been attractive to the international plutocracy: sport is one of the most powerful engines of globalisation, a supreme instrument of soft power... more
New England Sports Ventures announce intent to bring silverware back to Anfield, though legal battle with Hicks and Gillett for control of the club still unresolved... more
Liverpool chairman Martin Broughton expects the £300m sale of the club to be completed “in about a week” and heavily criticises the owners for trying to block it... more
Hicks hopes to get between £600million and £800million for the club and feels a mega-rich supporter from their huge overseas fanbase would be the most likely new owner... more
The departure of Tom Hicks Jr from Liverpool's board of directors will have no impact on the running of the club and nor will it do much to appease fans opposed to the American owners... more
Liverpool director Tom Hicks Jr has resigned from his position with the club and their parent company Kop Holdings in the wake of his foul-mouthed e-mail rant at a fan... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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