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Spurs interested in Olympic Stadium • Spurs' own planning application also approved by Haringey• Levy: 'It is only prudent to investigate all possible options'Tottenham Hotspur confirmed this morning that they have registered an interest in occupying the Olympic Stadium in east London after the 2012 Games.Spurs, who last night had a planning application for a new stadium approved by Haringey council, have joined West Ham United in expressing an interest in the stadium in Stratford.The Tottenham chairman, Daniel Levy, said: "I can also confirm we have registered an interest in the Olympic Stadium site within the deadline of 30 September."It is only prudent and good management that we ensure that we investigate all possible options for the club. We were informed by the Olympic Park Legacy Company that were we not to register an interest at this time, there would not be an opportunity at any future date."We have always maintained that we wouldn't undertake any project that could undermine the overall financial stability and future success of the club and this shall remain our guiding principle going forward and in determining our best option in the interests of the club and all its fans and stakeholders."Spurs' preferred option appears to be to build a new stadium closer to their north London home at White Hart Lane and Levy was delighted at the news that their application for what is called the Northumberland Development Project was approved by Haringey council last night. "Clearly we are delighted with this unanimous decision and are grateful to all those who expressed such clear support for the plans," he said."I should stress that there is still much work to be done. We shall continue to work with Haringey council and the application will now be considered by the mayor of London and referred to the secretary of state. We shall keep everyone connected with the club updated over the coming months as discussions continue with the various public sector bodies."West Ham delivered their bid to run the Olympic Stadium after the 2012 Games to 10 Downing Street yesterday, insisting only they could deliver the legacy promise made when London was named host city.Scott Parker, Carlton Cole and Mark Noble took the joint proposal with Newham council to the prime minister's residence after it was formally presented to the Olympic Park Legacy Company earlier in the day. The plan would see the stadium's capacity reduced to 60,000 and it would host football and athletics, alongside other major sports, concerts and community facilities.Tottenham Hotspurguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds guardian.co.uk |
Spurs' Harry Redknapp calls for managers to drop reckless tacklers • Harry Redknapp says 'some players are reckless' • Says managers are not to blame despite Danny Murphy's claimHarry Redknapp has called on other Premier League managers to drop players who commit reckless tackles. The Tottenham Hotspur manager fears that a player will soon have his career ended unless there is a crackdown on bad challenges."There are some players who are reckless and we have seen some reckless challenges," Redknapp said. "I don't even need to name them. The same people are being booked or sent off every week and they have to calm themselves down. You don't need to kick people to be a good player. The only way to calm them down is by leaving them out of the team and by saying to them: 'I don't need you being sent off every week and making reckless tackles. We need 11 men and until you can time your tackles and make good tackles then you're not going to play.'"Recently, Newcastle United's Hatem Ben Arfa suffered a broken leg in a tackle by Nigel de Jong of Manchester City and Wolves' Karl Henry was sent off for a wild challenge against Wigan."People have been coming in at 100mph and if you time it wrong then you are going to have a player's career finished," said Redknapp. "But I don't think it [tackling] has gone crazy – it's just that one or two people need to calm down."Fulham's Danny Murphy has accused the managers of Blackburn, Wolves and Stoke – Sam Allardyce, Mick McCarthy and Tony Pulis – of sending their players out excessively "pumped up". Redknapp said managers were not to blame. "Managers aren't sitting down in dressing rooms one-on-one with players shouting 'Come on' at them. They aren't like American footballers and nutting the walls, banging their heads together. They [managers] don't do that in our game do they? It's just the individual who goes out who's a bit scatty and goes off the rails."Murphy's comments have drawn a strong response. McCarthy said the midfielder had made "a silly comment without a great deal of knowledge" and Pulis accused the England international of picking "easy targets that are based on his own perception and not facts".Tottenham face unbeaten Fulham at Craven Cottage in the Premier League this afternoon, and Redknapp joked that he hoped the furore would put Murphy off his game. "Danny has named a few people and they have answered back, but unless he has been in a dressing room with Tony Pulis, Sam or Mick McCarthy then he doesn't know what they are like," Redknapp said.The Fulham manager, Mark Hughes, defended Murphy. "There's a lot been said about Danny being disrespectful to the manager, but having had conversations with him he has huge respect for the managers of the teams he mentioned," said Hughes."Maybe the fact we had recent history against the teams he mentioned was fresh in his mind and he was giving examples. We're disappointed by the reaction to it. You must respect he has an opinion. He was being honest. He wanted to make a point. Whether he did that in the right manner is open to debate."Harry RedknappTottenham Hotspurguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds guardian.co.uk |
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FIFA to Investigate Report Of World Cup Vote - Selling BERNE (Reuters) - World soccer's governing body FIFA said on Sunday it would investigate a newspaper report that two members of its executive committee had offered to sell their votes in the contest to host the 2018 World Cup. feeds.nytimes.com |