Liverpool are set for a fresh takeover after confirming that a deal has been reached with the owners of the Boston Red Sox baseball team.
Despite opposition from current American owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett, chairman Martin Broughton believes New England Sports Ventures (NESV), the parent company of the Major League Baseball franchise, could be confirmed as the new Anfield owners within a week.
NESV are reported to have agreed to pay £300million for the club which Hicks and Gillett put up for sale in April.
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Steve McClaren could be in line for a sensational return as England manager, according to the Football Association’s director of football development Trevor Brooking.
Brooking has admitted that McClaren would be considered for the post should his club management career continue to flourish.
Since McClaren’s disastrous spell in charge of the national team, the former Middlesbrough manager has rebuilt his reputation by leading online betting outsiders FC Twente to the Eredivisie title in Holland. He is now at the helm of German Bundesliga side Wolfsburg.
The appeals of Pakistan trio Salman Butt, Mohammad Aamer and Mohammad Asif against their ICC suspensions over allegations of spot-fixing will be heard at the end of October.
The three men face career-ending suspensions if they are found guilty of the charges, which were laid during the recent tour of England.
England paceman Steven Finn has won the ICC Emerging Player of the Year award for 2010.
The 21-year-old Middlesex fast bowler has taken 32 wickets in eight Test matches to date, taking five wickets in an innings on two occasions, both against Bangladesh.
The Test Player of the Year award was won by India opening batsman Virender Sehwag, South Africa’s AB De Villiers was named as ODI Player of the Year, while New Zealand won the Spirit of Cricket Award.
England’s Graeme Swann and James Anderson were named in the Test Team of the Year, while Paul Collingwood and Stuart Broad earned nods for the ODI Team of the Year.
Meanwhile, Warwickshire have agreed a two-year contract with former Pakistan captain Younus Khan.
The 32-year-old played for Surrey last summer after being banished from the international scene by the Pakistan Cricket Board, having previously played in England with Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire.
England rugby union captain Lewis Moody set to be sidelined for around a month due to an eye injury sustained in Bath’s derby defeat at home to Gloucester on Friday evening.
The 32-year-old is now facing a race against time to be fit for his country’s international against New Zealand on November 6, which kicks off England’s Autumn programme.
