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According to The Express, West Ham United have bid £17m for Jordan Pickford in a late attempt to bring the promising goalkeeper to the London Stadium. Recent reports in the media had suggested that Everton were on the brink of sealing a £17m deal for Jordan Pickford but West Ham appear to have matched their bid. […]

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West Ham need a major upheaval this summer if they’re to compete for the European spots next season and some interested transfer targets have been named. The Hammers’ transfer activity from last summer has been widely criticised in the media and the East London outfit need to improve their recruitment significantly at the end of […]

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New Sunderland boss Sam Allardyce was quizzed as he was unveiled to the media on Tuesday afternoon.

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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is arrogant and a bad loser who tries to influence referees through the media, the Frenchman’s newly appointed Sunderland counterpart Sam Allardyce has said. Allardyce, who makes the comments in his new autobiography, serialised in The Sun, reveals the depth of loathing between himself and Wenger, who have been at odds ever since the Englishman was in charge of Bolton Wanderers. “I enjoyed beating Arsenal more than anyone when I was

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Author’s history details mutual dependence along with colourful anecdotes I’ve just read a delightful book about the media’s relationship with football, From the back page to the front room: football’s journey through the English media by Roger Domeneghetti.* It was published towards the end of last year but it didn’t get the publicity it warranted, or enough reviews for that matter. That was a pity because it is chock full of fascinating facts and

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Newspaper introduces feature to raise awareness about testicular cancer I’m a West Ham fan and see a lot of the team. But today’s Sun is showing much more of the lads than anyone who doesn’t share their dressing room is ever likely to witness. Nine of them are pictured naked across pages 2 and 3 to launch the paper’s new weekly feature, Feel ‘Em Friday, which is aimed at encouraging men to check themselves for signs of testicular cancer. Continue

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Four unmissable media events are coming up over the next couple of weeks. Here they are in chronological order. Note that tickets must be bought for three of them, while the fourth requires advance registration… Life after Leveson: the future of media freedom in the UK Index on Censorship is staging a discussion on press freedom against the background of the continuing row over a new form of press regulation and the introduction of a new defamation law…

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