The BBC will broadcast the UEFA European Womens Championship

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The BBC is set to broadcast all of the UEFA European Women’s Championship games that take place in Sweden next July. As part of the deal, the network will have the rights to show live coverage exclusively of all three of England’s matches including both the final and the two semi-finals. The coverage will be aired on BBC Two and BBC Three.

All off the other peak time matches will also be aired on BBC Three. Four years ago when the Women’s Championship games were held in Germany Hope Powell’s team ended up suffering a 6-2 loss to Germany. They were selected to play in the July tournament due to a spectacular win over Croatia of 3-0 last September that left them eligible for the Championship.

At the Championship the women’s team will face Russia, France, and Spain during the group heats. Barbara Slater, the BBC Director, stated that they are very happy to be adding the UEFA European Women’s Championship to their strong portfolio of women’s sports that will premier on the station.

Perth Glory team owner gives up on his dream of getting Beckham to play in Oz

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Tony Sage, the Perth Glory owner, has decided to give up on his goal of getting David Beckham to come and play for Australia after a chance meeting between the two occurred last week in London.

Sage happened to bump into Beckham during the Spice Girls inspired new stage show that premier at the O2 Arena in London. He explained that he was rebuffed by Beckham when he asked the England captain if he might be considering a move down to the south.

Sage who was a special guest of Mel B, stated that he had the chance to chat with David for a second and asked the football star if he had ever thought about coming to play for Australia. He went on to say that Beckham clearly looked him in the eye and said it was a nice idea but would be too far away from his businesses.

Beckham is in the process of scouting for a new club after he decided to call it quits on his five year stint with the LA Galaxy team in America last month. After the announcement was released the Football Federation of Australia claimed that they were negotiating with his agent.

Beckhams set to head home

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There is much speculation that David and Victoria Beckham are going to be returning to the United Kingdom now David has finished playing football in Los Angeles. Victoria has reportedly been spotted house hunting in London and the couple have said in the past they were keen for their children to complete their education in England.

A source close to the couple has recently commented, “They have been looking to buy a home for some time now. They have been waiting for the right property to come along but now that David has finished his contract with LA Galaxy Victoria has been hunting for a family home in earnest.

They will be hoping that history doesn’t repeat itself as they lost a lot of money when they sold their last home in Hertfordshire before they made the move to LA. They bought the house back in 1999 and reportedly paid £2.5m but then spent around £ 18m on renovations and by they time they sold it the house had swimming pools, tennis courts, a gym, a studio and a petting zoo.

Victoria has an apartment in London that she kept for when she was making flying visits to the capital for her fashion business, and whether they hang onto this prime piece of property is uncertain, although the certainly won’t need to sell it to raise funds for their new home.

 

FA decides not to take serious measures over pitch invasions

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The Football Association (FA), has decided that they will not take serious measures against the pitch invasions that continued to occur during the Milton Keynes Dons and AFC Wimbledon match. The London side believes that the other club stole their heritage when they stole their name.

A probe will soon be launched to investigate how and why fans were able to get onto the pitch in the first place during the second round FA Cup-tie at Stadium MK which saw MK Dons win against AFC Wimbledon with a last ditch goal in the dying minutes of the game.

AFC supporters were already angered by the fact that they were in the home grounds of the Milton Keynes Dons, and when they bagged the match winning goal that is all that was needed for the AFC Supporters to rush the pitch.

Karl Robinson, the MK Dons boss went out to the pitch to tell their supporters to head back to their seats as both fan groups ending up rushing the pitch and he is aware that the FA could choose to fine both clubs at the end of the investigation.

Metropolitan Police cracking down on football related violence

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Today a group of football hooligans were arrested for an after match brawl as part of a new effort to crackdown on violence that is related to football matches.

The investigation that brought the arrests began after a fight started between Brighton & Hove Albion fans and Crystal Palace fans on November 10 following two separate football matches that took place on the same day.

Officers from the Met Investigations Team carried out six arrests during the early morning hours at addresses located in Sussex, Kent, and Surrey. Four of the men between the ages of 21 and 41 were arrested in Sussex and the other two men aged 21 and 28 were arrested in Kent and Surrey.

Later two more men were arrested from the Croydon area making it a total of eight men that were arrested as a result of the football fight.