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By David de Winter – Sports Editor @davidjdewinter  @TLE_Sport  The announcement by FIFA’s self-appointed ‘independent’ ethics committee that it was closing its investigation into alleged corruption over the bidding process to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups was not surprising.  If I’d set up my own ‘independent ethics committee’ made-up of my cronies to overview corruption in my own company I’d probably come to the same conclusion.  “The Investigatory Chamber of the FIFA did not find any violations or...

Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @davidjdewinter @TLE_Sport Over two-thirds of Arsenal fans have run out of patience with manager Arsene Wenger, Ladbrokes has claimed.  After Sunday’s calamitous defeat to Swansea City it seems that the tide is turning against the Premier League’s longest serving manager. A poll of 400 fans run by Ladbokes News reveals that only 32% of those asked wanted to persevere with Wenger, with the remainder keen to see a new man...

Sport News 24/7 By Dan McLaughlin  @McGloogly @gridirongents @TLE_Sport As we breeze past the half-way point in an NFL Season that feels like it will be over in the blink of an eye, this year’s Rookie draft has the potential to be one of the best ever.  All over the field of play, the newbies are pulling their considerable weight just as much as the gnarled veterans.  Now is as good a time as any to break down the class...

Sport News 24/7 By Matthew Biggin  @MatthewBiggin @TLE_Sport Liverpool have seemed to be the much talked about ‘club in crisis’ in recent months, but there is certainly a feeling that the winters of discontent are beginning to blow around the corridors of The Etihad, as Manchester City seem to be struggling to recapture the form that won them their second Premier League crown. The season is just over a quarter through and City already lie in 3rd place, 8 points...

Sport News 24/7 By Ronan George This week promises to be a big one for Rooneys and football. England captain, Wayne, will win his 100th cap as the national team take on Slovenia in a European Championship qualifier at Wembley on Saturday. While at the House of Commons, a little known American Football team owner named Dan, and a rule he initiated, will be considered at length as the national game confronts its attitudes towards Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME)...

Sport News 24/7 Footy Munch is a football sketch show written, produced and performed by James Boughen.For the latest content from Footy Munch subscibe on YouTube and follow @FootyMunch on Twitter" This episode is titled "Atmosphere", Jose Mourinho take note...

By Philip Benton 2014 has been a breakout year for men’s tennis with maiden grand slam winners Stanislas “Stan” Wawrinka and Marin Cilic completing the line-up of 2014 champions along with the ‘big two’ Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal. In fact the U.S. Open final, contested by Marin Cilic and Kei Nishikori, was the first grand slam final since the Australian Open final in 2005 which didn’t feature any of the ‘big four’ – Djokovic, Nadal, Federer and Murray. The...

Sport News 24/7 By Andy Ollerhead  As a supporter of Liverpool FC the last few weeks have often brought to mind the old quote attributed to a certain Albert Einstein- the one that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting a different result. Last season a tricky, inventive Brendan Rodgers tactically bamboozled opposing managers with formations that morphed and evolved multiple times during games. This season, shorn of the strikeforce that gave...

Sport News 24/7 Sports Editor David de Winter and Richard de Winter discuss the Home Nations' chances in the upcoming Autumn Internationals, as well as Andy Murray's recent upturn in form, and Jonathan Trott's recall to the England Lions.