The Championship club were named as the preferred bidders for the Olympic Stadium in February. But the claret and blue shirts for 2011-12, priced from £29.99, now say 'Forever United' and show a logo of the Olympic Stadium.

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The £80m, four-year deal was a club record when it was agreed but commercial revenues at Anfield have increased since John W Henry took control of the club, despite disappointing performances on the pitch.

He believes 70 per cent of gambling on sport in Italy is unregistered and often channelled through South-East Asia.  Eaton said the three largest gambling houses in Asia — IBCBET, SBOBET and 188BET — could be exploited by organised crime syndicates and that investigating betting — rather than focusing on sport itself — is key to eliminating corruption.

Alpari FX Trading will replace on-line bookmakers SBOBET on the front of the Hammers shirt and the deal takes West Ham through to the start of the 2016-17 season when they are expected to finally relocate to the Olympic Stadium.



Chris Eaton, who left FIFA in 2011, believes the Asian betting market is so sophisticated — and government regulation there so weak — that it is attractive for those wanting to manipulate games for profit.

West Ham vice chairman Karren Brady told the club's official website: ‘We are enthused and excited to enter into this new partnership with Alpari. This landmark deal, along with a host of other significant strides forward our business has made recently, is yet further evidence of the growth we have witnessed and I can only see things getting better.'

They were traced to Townsend, a young player who had the potential to be fast-tracked through the England Under 21 squad to play for the senior team. It is understood Tottenham officials were also in the dark until they received notification from the FA this week of some extraordinary betting patterns.

Bizarrely, 1966 World Cup-winning manager Sir Alf Ramsey receives no mention although Sven Goran Eriksson is deemed worthy of a namecheck even in the brief timeframe. The FA have used their 150 years of history condensed into 150 seconds showreel, complete with Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain's excellent commentary, at successive anniversary functions.

They can confidently expect to double their sponsorship revenue with the added exposure there. The deal takes West Ham through to the start of the 2016-17 season when they are expected to finally relocate to the Olympic Stadium.

The prosecutor said Bandar Taruhan Bola & Casino Online dengan Pasaran Lengkap officials cooperated in setting up computer equipment in the three rooms but became concerned that the arrangement, which featured multiple monitors and large television screens tuned to World Cup games, appeared to be a setup for an illegal gambling operation.

Hughes is only looking to receive the £4.5m-plus left on his contract.
But Hughes getting his money will mean yet another multi-million pound payout by Rangers, who spent more than £20m last month in an attempt to avoid relegation.



But given Birmingham's sparkling form for much of this season — form which coincided with the decision by Sullivan and Gold to sell to Carson Yeung for £81.5m last October — West Ham's players should be rewarded for consigning Alex McLeish's side to only their second defeat in 16. It may have taken a spectacular piece of individual skill to help engineer West Ham's first win in six league games.



If it happened in another country our mouths would be wide open. He said: ‘My players tell me they do it to pass the time and to enjoy it like thousands of people enjoy it in England. In England and with English players, it doesn't surprise me.

Norwich support the sentiment behind the rainbow laces campaign to highlight support for gay footballers but manager Chris Hughton has confirmed his players will not be participating in it during Saturday's Barclays Premier League clash with Aston Villa.

Calls for West Ham's players to accept a 25 per cent wage cut by Sullivan, coupled with speculation that former Manchester City boss Mark Hughes is being lined up to replace Zola, hardly provided an ideal backdrop in which to welcome in-form Birmingham to Upton Park.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Eight people from Malaysia, China and Hong Kong were accused Monday of operating a temporary, illegal gambling ring from exclusive high-roller villas at a Las Vegas Strip resort that investigators said logged millions of dollars in bets on FIFA World Cup soccer games.

The delay was caused by the FA transport's difficulty in getting out of the Etihad Stadium car park. It made for a tense inaugural England awards ceremony at St George's Park that the two main winners - Steven Gerrard and Liverpool team-mate Jordan Henderson (Under 21) - had a slower than expected journey after their 2-2 draw at Manchester City. The reception kicked off at 5.30pm, just as Gerrard scored for Liverpool, with the England players involved in the game finally arriving after 9pm.