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• Freedom of Information request for full disclosure successful • Club and LLDC had claimed details covered by ‘commercial confidentiality’ Campaigners for transparency over West Ham’s move to the Olympic Stadium have scored a major victory after the Information Commissioner ruled the terms of the deal should be made public , the Guardian can reveal. Both the London Legacy Development Corporation and West Ham had long argued that the deal for the largely-taxpayer-funded stadium should remain buried …

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Managers give their responses after Dimitri Payet scored twice to give West Ham United a 2-0 win over Newcastle in the Premier League on Monday at Upton Park. Newcastle manager Steve McClaren says there’s no excuse for his team’s performance, despite the players having to walk the last mile to Upton Park due to traffic. West Ham manager Slaven Bilić is full of praise for his players Continue reading…

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• Club warned over future conduct following Anfield reaction • Mark Noble was sent off but later had dismissal rescinded West Ham have been fined £50,000 and warned over their future conduct following the behaviour of their players after the midfielder Mark Noble’s dismissal at Liverpool last month. Noble, who scored the second goal in his side’s 3-0 Premier League victory at Anfield last month, was sent off in the 78th minute when the referee Kevin Friend judged …

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By schooling Liverpool and West Ham in the art of fast, passing, composed football, the Dinamo Tbilisi side of the 1970s and 1980s captured the hearts of young British fans who were unaccustomed to watching such expressive play By Craig McCracken for Beyond The Last Man , of the Guardian Sport Network In the decades before blanket television coverage of European football became the norm, little was known about clubs from…

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• Mark Noble’s red card against Liverpool at Anfield has been rescinded • West Ham now charged for their players’ reaction to the dismissal West Ham United have been charged by the Football Association with failing to control their players following Mark Noble’s dismissal at Liverpool. Noble, who scored the second goal in his side’s 3-0 Premier League victory at Anfield , was sent off in the 78th minute when referee Kevin Friend judged him to have

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• Stoke’s Ibrahim Afellay has suspension reduced to two games • Hammers captain sent off against Liverpool Mark Noble will be available for West Ham’s first fixture after the international break against Newcastle after the red card he received against Liverpool was rescinded, while Stoke midfielder Ibrahim Afellay’s suspension been reduced to two games following a successful appeal. The Hammers captain, who scored the second goal of his side’s 3-0 Premier League victory at Anfield , was sent off…

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• ‘Welcome back Alex’ says David Gold • Midfielder joined initially in 2014 The West Ham co-owner David Gold has announced that the club have re-signed the midfielder Alex Song on loan from Barcelona. Song, 27, joined the Hammers on a season-long loan deal in August 2014 . Continue reading…

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• Hammers manager says Croatia defender not to blame at Anfield • ‘It was a mistake but a lot of Liverpool players made mistakes’ West Ham United defended everything en route to a first win at Anfield for 52 years so it was fitting that their manager stepped in where few dared to tread afterwards and offered qualified backing for Dejan Lovren. “If you are telling me Liverpool lost because of Dejan Lovren then no, no, no, …

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The Beatles were at No1 with ’She Loves You’ when West Ham United last won at Liverpool courtesy of goals from a then un-knighted Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters. Fourty-two times since that 2-1 win in September 1963 their supporters have traipsed back to east London without any tangible reward. No longer. Fifty-two years on, reward came wrapped in an emphatic victory for Slaven Bilic’s side. Continue reading…

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Frenchman Payet signed from Marseille in June and West Ham hope he can help them stay in the Premier League Dimitri Payet is sitting inside the Olympic Stadium and peering around the vast bowl that will become West Ham United’s home next summer, drinking it in, wondering how it will look when the finishing touches are applied. The £272m transformation into a ground that can house a football club is ongoing, builders are milling …

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Brendan Rodgers, the Liverpool manager, looks ahead to his team’s match against West Ham at Anfield. Rodgers says his players have returned to the Premier League with renewed drive following a disappointing last season. He also comments on Daniel Sturridge’s fitness, praises the Hammers and comments on Mario Balotelli’s loan to Milan Continue reading…

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The Hammers manager speaks ahead of the match against Liverpool on Saturday. Slaven Bilić discusses captain Kevin Nolan’s departure, and comments on the arrest of Diafra Sakho and striker Enner Valencia’s criticism of the club’s medical staff. He also looks ahead to the team’s chances at Anfield Continue reading…

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• England striker has been out of action with knee injury since February • Carroll trained with first-team squad on Tuesday West Ham striker Andy Carroll is closing in on a Premier League return after he trained with the club’s first-team squad on Tuesday. Carroll has been sidelined since February after undergoing knee surgery and has been eased back into training with the Hammers’ Under-21 squad in recent weeks. Continue reading…

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Kevin Volland equals record for fastest goal in the Bundesliga; Colombo the cow brings smile to Sepp Blatter’s face; Chris Kamara does double take Hoffenheim’s no-messing Kevin Volland – scored after nine seconds against Borussia Dortmund, tying the Bundesliga record. Continue reading…

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They have been winning friends and admiring glances, but the time had come for Bournemouth to prove that they belong at this level and they wanted something more substantial to show for their unstinting efforts than generous pats on the head from neutrals and goodwill that flew their way after narrow defeats in their first two matches. Eddie Howe’s side did not disappoint at Upton Park and deepened the uncertainty that surrounds West Ham United by scoring their first goals of the…

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West Ham manager Slaven Bilić states his disappointment with goalkeeper Adrián’s three-match ban ahead of their game against Bournemouth at Upton Park on Saturday. Adrián’s suspension was upheld after the FA rejected a wrongful dismissal claim. The goalkeeper was sent off for a challenge against Leicester’s Jamie Vardy after he went up for a corner Continue reading…

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• ‘If medical is OK, we’ll take him, says West Ham co-owner’ • Midfielder, 27, spent last season on loan at Upton Park The West Ham co-owner David Sullivan says a deal has been agreed to sign Alex Song from Barcelona, if the midfielder can pass a medical. The 27-year-old Cameroon international spent last season on loan at Upton Park and impressed sufficiently to earn a permanent move and…

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• Goalkeeper was sent off for challenge on Jamie Vardy • Darren Randolph could step in against Bournemouth on Saturday West Ham have lost their appeal against Adrián’s red card against Leicester and the goalkeeper’s three-match ban starts immediately. He will miss the matches with Bournemouth, Liverpool and Newcastle after a wrongful dismissal claim was rejected by the Football Association. Continue reading…

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First appearances can be deceptive, as Slaven Bilic and West Ham United discovered, but the early signs are that Leicester City are going to enjoy life under Claudio Ranieri. The sense of foreboding that surrounded Leicester after they sent eyebrows everywhere skywards by replacing Nigel Pearson with Ranieri during a difficult summer has been blasted by a team whose desire to prove a point to their many doubters has brought …

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Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger says Jack Wilshere has returned to training on Friday, adding that the midfielder’s recovery time is less than expected. He also comments on Arsenal’s drive to recover from the 2-0 loss to West Ham United last week. Wenger says the team have learned to not give away chances and to play more creatively. Arsenal play Crystal Palace on Sunday at Selhurst Park Continue reading…

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Hammers boss Slaven Bilic says Reece Oxford is going to be a big player, following a stellar performance from the 16-year-old against Arsenal on Sunday at the Emirates Stadium. Oxford was man of the match based on his impressive passing accuracy and interceptions during the 2-0 win for West Ham. Bilic says the club must manage Oxford carefully to keep him ‘on the ground’ and developing Continue reading…

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• Barton has been searching for new club since release from QPR • 32-year-old had been interested in return to Marseille West Ham United have held preliminary talks with Joey Barton and could make him their sixth signing of the summer if an agreement can be reached with the former Queens Park Rangers midfielder. Related: West Ham’s Reece Oxford: the schoolboy who helped nullify Arsenal | Jacob Steinberg Continue reading…

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He may still be awaiting his GCSE results, but the 16-year-old’s startling display at the Emirates has already led to comparisons with some illustrious predecessors The last time a West Ham United youngster caused such a stir in north London, Ravel Morrison was waltzing through the Tottenham Hotspur defence and dinking the ball over Hugo Lloris to seal an unlikely 3-0 win at White Hart Lane in October 2013 , sparking predictions that the midfielder would go to the 2014 World Cup with…

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The last time that Slaven Bilic tasted an away win on English soil, it was 2007, he was in charge of Croatia and there was a bloke with a brolly in front of the opposite dugout. If that victory has been freeze-framed on the minds of England fans, then this one will be, too, for those that follow West Ham. Related: Newcastle United 2-2 Southampton | Premier League match report Continue reading…

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Latest updates as West Ham travel to The Emirates Email nick.ames.casual@theguardian.com | Tweet: @NickAmes82 Live scores: keep up with all today’s matches Follow Preston North End v Middlesborough – live! 12.30pm BST Nick will be here shortly. In the meantime, here’s Jacob Steinberg on Arsenal: Arsène Wenger describes himself as a natural optimist. Arsenal’s manager is the romantic who always believes in a better tomorrow and when he was asked whether his squad is strong enough to …

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Today’s tittle-tattle has still never been offered a free coffee in Pret A Manger The problem with spending £49m on a player who has yet to achieve very much is that the rest of the world’s clubs tend to notice. And so, if you’re a club such as Manchester City and have recently bagged Raheem Sterling for that kind of fee, then Wolfsburg aren’t going to flog you Kevin De Bruyne for less then £50m. …

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