Former Chelsea chief Bates buys Leeds
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Cash-strapped Leeds United confirmed that former Chelsea chairman Ken Bates has completed a takeover of the club.
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Liverpool owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett complete the Â£350m refinancing deal for the Anfield club.
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LEEDS United&#39;s Elland Road stadium is the latest football ground to be earmarked for a major casino development. Bookmaker and gaming group Stanley Leisure has bought the rights to seven acres next to Elland
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Leeds United, forced to sell their best players to stay afloat financially in last season's doomed relegation fight, could have new owners in the next 24 hours.
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Chelsea end a long-running saga by signing England defender Ashley Cole from Arsenal.
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An Anglo-American consortium is poised to take over UK soccer club Leeds United in a deal worth Â£25million pounds, reports the Yorkshire Post.
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FIRST there was development interest from Asda, now a Sainsbury wants to buy Leeds United. Sebastian Sainsbury, great-grandson of the founder of the supermarket chain, yesterday emerged
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Former Leeds boss Dennis Wise is joining Newcastle in a director of football role, the club confirmed on Tuesday, a day after manager Kevin Keegan claimed he knew nothing about the appointment.
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Debt-ridden club Leeds United were put up for sale by administrators Friday because of a legal challenge by tax officals over an unpaid multi-million-pound bill.
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Richard Sutcliffe LEEDS UNITED chairman Gerald Krasner last night closed the door on Sebastien Sainsbury&#39;s planned Â£25m takeover as Elland Road was sold for the second time in less than 20 years.
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Roman Abramovich, Russia&#039;s richest man  and owner of English Premier league soccer champions Chelsea,  is in talks to buy into steelmaker Evraz (HK1q.L), a company  official said on Monday.
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Sport: Club's co-owner George Gillet is considering buying out partner Tom Hicks after disagreement
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American billionaire Randy Lerner   completed his takeover of English Premier League side Aston   Villa ASV.L on Wednesday after securing the required 90   percent of the Birmingham club's shares.
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Another billionaire NFL owner is set to take over an English soccer club. Cleveland Browns' owner Randy Lerner put in a $118.8 million bid Monday to buy Aston Villa, one of the oldest clubs in English soccer. Last year, Tampa Bay Buccaneers owner Malcolm Glazer took over Manchester United, one of the world's most popular soccer teams.
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Leeds today confirmed negotiations for the takeover of the American-backed consortium led by Sebastian Sainsbury have ended - and that Elland Road is to be sold under a sale and lease back deal.
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Leeds chairman Ken Bates has been reported to the police after he published the address of a former director of the Championship club.
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Ken Bates has bought back fallen football giants Leeds United after heading up a consortium which has purchased the club from administrators.