Source: Daily_Mail
CHARLES SALE: City's executive chairman Cook in the soup over Milan gaffe
Manchester City executive chairman Garry Cook could find his position at the club in jeopardy following his ill-advised remark that AC Milan had 'bottled it' over Kaka
Cook's approach was all the more surprising in that he was accompanied to Milan for the negotiations by Simon Pearce, director of strategic communications for Abu Dhabi.
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It also poses the question just what City's PR firm Edelman, brought on board by Pearce, do to earn their fees.
The FA board decided without requiring a vote yesterday to turn down the proposal for annual payments for their work, as well as salaries for other councillors who chair committees.
It was considered inappropriate by both the amateur and professional game representatives.
The decision will put a considerable spotlight back on FA chairman Lord Triesman, who recommended the extra payments following the controversial rubber-stamping of his own£100,000 stipend for chairing the 2018 World Cup bid and the£35,000 a year being paid to certain 2018 board members.
Acting England cricket coach Andy Flower is facing a torrid few months attempting to bond a disparate team in the Caribbean.
Pressure is insignificant to England coach Andy Flower compared to that his cousin Ross Daniels faces, serving in Afghanistan's notorious Helmand Province
But the pressures are insignificant compared to those facing his cricket enthusiast cousin Ross Daines, a major in command of B company, 2nd Battalion Royal Gurkha Rifles.
They are holding a rural patrol base outside Musa Qala in Afghanistan's Helmand Province which is regularly attacked by the Taliban.
ECB chairman Giles Clarke (right) made the most of the Stapleford Park cricket summit this week to shore up his standing with county chairmen in his election battle with Lord Marland.
As well as hosting a special dinner table for the county powerbrokers, he wasted no opportunity in working the rooms to consolidate his position as favourite, with the 19 votes currently looking like 13-6 in Clarke's majority.
Honda chief executive Nick Fry's proposed management buy-out of the Formula One team is understood to be gathering favour with the Japanese firm's high command, who have given themselves until the end of the month to sell their F1 operation or close it down.
