Tom Morgan
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Sports news correspondent, @Telegraph. Stories: [email protected]
Joined March 2009
BREAKING: Footballer facing two more allegations of rape against a different woman. Full story shortly on @TelegraphSport.
Premier League star in custody accused of rape. Exclusive with @mcgrathmike and @evansma
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Unprecedented desperation for tickets in and around Liverpool fan zone this morn. Kop season ticket holder of 20 years has sold his after being offered 10k in cash. “I’ll take the kids to Florida,” he tells his pals.
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NEW: Aston Villa understood to have rallied behind Manchester City in APT row, writing to Richard Masters and the clubs with “strong recommendation” that Friday’s vote on amendment is postponed. More @TeleFootball.
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One of the three allegations of rape against a Premier League footballer has been dropped by Scotland Yard. He's had bail extended until Oct
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Newcastle Utd takeover was controlled by Mohammed bin Salman, leaked WhatsApps suggest. By @gordonrayner
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Newcastle takeover to be confirmed any minute now. PL set to argue legally-binding assurances around no involvement by Saudi leaders was deciding factor, rather than the breakthrough for BeIN Sports.
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Breaking: Chelsea have been cleared to give Frank Lampard access to a £150million transfer budget to strengthen his squad in January after their transfer ban was overturned by sport's appeal court in Switzerland. story on @TeleFootball imminently.
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Hatice Cengiz, fiancee of murdered Jamal Khashoggi, pleads with Premier League to rethink pending Newcastle takeover by Saudi. Deal would let crown prince Mohammed bin Salman "wash his reputation, and sully the name of sports", she tells Telegraph
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UK Government is poised to give green light tonight on Chelsea sale following weekend of fraught "whack-a-mole" negotiations with Abramovich camp, sources say. Deal still needs signing off with Portugal and European Commission, however. Full take shortly on @TeleFootball #CFC.
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Chelsea set to be handed huge unpaid tax bill next month after inspectors finally unravel full extent of liabilities left under Roman Abramovich's ownership #cfc
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Statement confirms approval from Portugal - where Abramovich obtained a passport last year - as well as with European Commission. More on @TelegraphSport shortly
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Sir Jim Ratcliffe has received Premier League directors and owners’ test approval for his 25 per cent purchase of Manchester United. Completion will be announced within days #MUFC
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Premier League obtained written assurances last year that Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund was not part of Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital's takeover at #CFC .
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Several well-placed insiders now backing up this from Matt. Abramovich wd need to take his potential buyer to ministers and ask for a new sanction licence. Money wd then be frozen or go into charitable fund - quite possibly for Ukraine.
Chelsea CAN still be sold. And Telegraph Sport knows of bidders who still want to push ahead. Story:
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Roman Abramovich wins first stage of High Court battle with HarperCollins over "defamatory" book which claimed he bought Chelsea under orders of Vladimir Putin
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The Government has now issued briefing note saying it is "open to a sale":
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Mood turned briefly in area around Drury Lane, with marauding groups spoiling for fights. Scottish fan in his 50s left bloodied after clash
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Sir Jim Ratcliffe to secure control of all footballing operations in attempt to remove the Glazers from the firing line in his proposed 25 per cent #MUFC co-ownership deal.
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Exclusive: England’s Euro 2024 players have special briefings with police and FA security chiefs to ease copycat burglary worries after Raheem Sterling’s home was previously targeted
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A source says of Sir Jim: "His aim is to be a long-term custodian of Manchester United and set the standard for a progressive approach to club ownership. As locally born, he wants to put the Manchester back into Manchester United.".
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much #CFC nostalgia in this chat with an East Stand mainstay since 1981. Here's Barbara at training ground recording Blue Day with Suggs in 97
Exclusive interview with Barbara Charone of the Todd Boehly Chelsea bid by my colleague @Tom_Morgs .- Why @didierdrogba tops @madonna and @rodstewart.- Letting down @jakebugg to go to tonight's CL game.- Her love of Tuchel, Hayes and the Academy #CFC .
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Portuguese Government has confirmed this morning that Roman Abramovich's Chelsea sale has been rubber stamped in Europe #CFC.
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New: Premier League clubs have approved changes to the Associated Party Transaction (APT) despite opposition from Manchester City and Aston Villa. @TeleFootball.
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Special report from Saudi Arabia, the controversial nation with even grander designs on sport than Qatar
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peak audience of 2.1m for Sky Sports' coverage of England's miracle at Headingley yesterday. That's their best ever figures for a Test match.
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Argentina fans been something else. Still here singing their hearts out 20 mins after full time
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Exclusivity now signed for Everton deal. Friedkin understood to be aware of risk of "skeletons" but is 100 per cent committed to doing deal. Due dilligence about 48 hours in.
Everton ready to grant exclusivity terms to Roma owner Dan Friedkin for takeover bid. ✍️ @Tom_Morgs. #TelegraphFootball | #EvertonFC.
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The Metropolitan Police has provided a full file of evidence about the Premier League footballer accused of rape to the Crown Prosecution Service
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Police now moving on the minority of idiots. A couple of groups of Scottish fans ran into restaurants and locked doors, saying chairs and bottles were being launched at them. They blame “England casuals”. Officers have dispersal order for the area - and appear to be using it
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NEW official statement from Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Al Thani, chairman of one of Qatar’s biggest banks, confirming bid for Manchester United
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David Beckham approached for backing several times by rival bidders for #MUFC. He's turned them down, so far
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Exclusive: Health alert on cruise ship hosting England players' families after potential Covid-19 patients claim they were refused tests
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Of all the horrifying fan testimonies in report, this one is off the scale:
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NEW: Manchester United receive serious takeover interest from Middle East, Asia and US. Formal bids expected to be invited for a mid-February deadline. Sir Jim Ratcliffe monitoring situation closely. Exclusive story here, with @TelegraphDucker #MUFC
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Uefa president Aleksander Čeferin going for it at presser, accusing rebel clubs of "spitting in face" of others, and launching extraordinary attack on Manchester United's Ed Woodward, who called him last Thurs to say he was "very satisfied" with CL reforms.
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Very odd night. There is a difference of opinion between various sources close to the deal on who exactly first asked for an extension. “This has not gone down well,” says one United insider #mufc.
A night of confusion on the #MUFC takeover front. Lots of claim and counter claim and some friction too. Ultimately remains a battle between Sheikh Jassim's Qatari bid & Ratcliffe's Ineos but the question remains: Will the Glazers sell? With @Tom_Morgs
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A search for Roman Abramovich - a man still sore at being collateral damage in tit-for-tat Anglo-Russian recriminations
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At least one Premier League match could be moved to Christmas Eve, some clubs believe, as scheduling discussions finalised tomorrow
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Three years after Saudi Arabia bought Newcastle United FC, only now are the full seismic consequences hitting home for a Premier League in civil war
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Todd Boehly's £4.25billion Chelsea takeover on brink of going through as Premier League announces he and other members of consortium have passed its Owners’ and Directors’ Test. More on @TeleFootball imminently.
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40 yrs since #BristolCity in top tier. A "Premier League club in waiting", said Lee Johnson in 2017. Now Nigel Pearson resists "potential" talk. Three avid followers, Louis Carey, Marina Dolman and @sehguhyelnats, have their say. Alright me babber?
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NEW Sir Jim Ratcliffe will make a fresh Manchester United takeover approach after Glazers invited interest. He wants a fair price, however. Exclusive, with @TelegraphDucker
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If Premier League and EFL do suspend today, it's hard to see how we'll get a game again before June, based on Government projections
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Exclusive: FA chief Greg Clarke 'proposed Premier League 2 and B teams' in explosive leaked document. with @SamWallaceTel and @ben_rumsby
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Two boxers who failed testosterone and gender eligibility tests last year got IOC green light to fight women at the Paris Olympics this week. With @oliverbrown_tel
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Bumble confirms in his Daily Mail column today that he will be commentating for @talkSPORT coverage for two of England's three Tests against West Indies. Telegraph story from yest (after @MikeKeegan_DM first mooted last month that move may be on cards):
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Exclu: Mike Ashley in detailed talks with Yorkshire over £22m-plus offer to buy Headingley Stadium in sale to lease agreement. Debt refinancing still an option too. Two other offers still in hunt but deal could be done within four weeks
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NEW: Private Saudi Arabia groups join race for Manchester United
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Keeping up with the Joneses: Efforts to buy Newcastle are just the latest in a strategic Saudi effort to politically align with Man City's Abu Dhabi owners. And it all started on a falconry trip in the middle of the UAE desert five years ago.
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Everton suspend all sponsorship deals with Alisher Usmanov after coming under pressure in Parliament to sever ties due to an EU sanction over his "close ties" to Vladimir Putin.
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Monty Panesar soaks up Wembley atmos, and sums up a national mood: “This this is the time everyone needs to unite as a nation and support England. It's about the performances. People will be talking about the knee, but Southgate has been v strong on it. I’m hoping for no boos”
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Piece with the staff of Edgemont View nursing home, South Glos. Among the forgotten foot soldiers fighting Covid-19:
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Premier League clubs vote to return to old summer transfer window, closing Sept 1.
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Sadly not available on PPV.
Rick Parry vs Richard Masters: In the heavyweight battle between Football League and Premier League chiefs, only one may survive | @Tom_Morgs .
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Amazing from the Moroccans. They're going absolutely potty behind the goals. Africa in a World Cup semi-final for first time.
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About a third of the fans that I met were on the active hunt for a ticket. Three of them were successful on the day in Kiev last year. This time, even the tout appealing for tickets directly outside stadium metro station said with a smile that he is offering 4,000 euros.
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Caster Semenya on Court of Arbitration defeat: “I know that the IAAF’s regulations have always targeted me specifically. For a decade the IAAF has tried to slow me down, but this has actually made me stronger. The decision of the Cas will not hold me back.".
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Portugal negotiations needed as Abramovich has had citizenship there for past year or so.
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Simone Biles with an extraordinarily honest, tearful and frank mix zone. Says she didn’t want to get hurt, and needs to put her mental health first. Talks of Osaka as an inspiration.
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Exclu: South-east Asian factory workers making Nike’s new Liverpool and Chelsea kits are expected to be paid less than 70p per shirt despite record new deals for Premier League clubs and more price hikes for fans next season
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Government confirms crowds will be at Brighton friendly on weekend (as first reported by @martynziegler). Full list of spectator trials in build up to Oct 1:
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“Everyone is a loser in all this. My overwhelming fear is that this will never go away and someone will ultimately take their life off the back of it because of the sheer pressure”.John Blain on losing all hope amid the Yorkshire racism saga. Interview:
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@TeleFootball Chelsea say "approach taken by Fifa to this case has been deeply unsatisfactory, not least as Fifa chose to treat Chelsea entirely differently to Manchester City for reasons that make absolutely no sense to Chelsea"
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Saudi Arabia crosses threshold of no return in the everyone-has-a-price world of elite sport
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Mino Raiola has died, close friends of the agent announce. Jonathan Barnett says he "was one of the greats of our industry". Copy shortly on @TeleFootball with @mcgrathmike.
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NEW Alcohol now banned again around stadiums in Qatar. Statement imminent.
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Ten months on, and Lee Collins' shattered family are still "on the rollercoaster" as they try to make sense of the Yeovil captain's suicide. Privilege to talk to @rags_87 about Lee’s legacy and her work with @MindBodySoleUK
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Tite says Neymar will practice today. If he comes through okay, he will start against South Korea tomorrow. "I prefer to use my best front from the beginning".
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Only Newcastle United and Nottingham Forest joined Aston Villa and Manchester City in opposing PL APT amendments. Latest on shareholder meeting, with @ben_rumsby
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Exclusive: Everton owner Farhad Moshiri unexpectedly agrees to extend his sale and purchase agreement with crisis-engulfed 777 Partners
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Confirmation now that PL's South Americans will play after all. Fifa give clubs green light after extensive talks led to Brazil and Chile joining Mexico and Paraguay in agreeing to waive 5-day ban. Partial lifting of red-list restrictions for Oct internationals now likely.
Premier League clubs expected to reach agreement to ignore Fifa's ban on Brazilian players - @Tom_Morgs
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Jose Mourinho's arrival at Tottenham Hotspur has already been caught on film by Amazon Prime at Enfield Training Centre. Safe to assume the streaming service cannot believe its luck
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NEW: Grass-roots teams to face points deductions for referee abuse under new FA sanctions
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During that England first half, Kasper Hjulmand, the Denmark coach, gave an impassioned press conference expressing pride over his players' conduct after Christian Eriksen. He expressed regret at carrying on playing but frustration at Uefa for giving the Danes only two options.
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3yrs this wknd since John 'Goldfinger' Palmer shot dead, and police nowhere near finding assassin. As reward for info hits £100K, Marnie Palmer, wife of 40 years, prepares to tell his real story. Goldfinger and Me: Bullets, Bullion and Betrayal out in Aug with @TheHistoryPress
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Government "alarmed" over remaining deadlock in Chelsea sale. Whitehall sources claim Chelsea refusing to accept new plan to put loan in escrow account while Abramovich's promised foundation is set up.
The Government has accused Roman Abramovich of putting Chelsea at risk of "going under" by allegedly refusing to accept ministers' new sale structure | @Tom_Morgs #cfc
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Farhad Moshiri not ready to make any firm decisions on his sale of Everton as Andy Bell and George Downing lead a chasing pack of takeover contenders. Other offers tabled as recently as midnight on Friday
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Tiger Woods was speeding at up to 87mph in a 45mph zone prior to his death-defying car crash, LA police have confirmed. More @TelegraphSport imminently.
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Manchester City hit with High Court claim from Superdry over training kit beer branding row. With @ben_rumsby
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NEW: FA investigation into incident involving Liverpool's Jordan Henderson and Arsenal's Gabriel finds "no case to answer".
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Aston Villa owner Nassef Sawiris: Why we stand with Manchester City in Premier League's APT war
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In masks bought on Amazon, they hold hands with the dying until their last breath. On the frontline with the forgotten foot soldiers fighting Covid-19:
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Gutted for AAP. Spent five months in Sydney on PA exchange scheme in 2009, and was made so welcome by their brilliant people. As part of swap deal, poor AAP reporter moved into my room in pre gentrified Brixton and I took her flat with a swimming pool in Annandale 🤔.
The saddest day: AAP closes after 85 years of excellence in journalism. The AAP family will be sorely missed. @AAPNewswire.
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Neil Warnock on "vendetta" against him, Sala, and his relationship with Willie McKay. “It’s been bad, really bad behind the scenes" he says.
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