Detectives in England probing allegedly dodgy transfer deals in the Premier League have made their first arrest.

Football Association officials will today be told they will have to wait still longer before they will be given the identity of three clubs found by Lord Stevens’ inquiry to have breached transfer rules.

Senior police chiefs are investigating allegations of fraud against two football agents.

The League Managers’ Association today hailed Lord Stevens’ report into alleged improper payments in Premiership transfer deals as a “great opportunity to eradicate any suspicion of impropriety”.

Mel Stein has refuted Lord Stevens’ claim eight leading agents did not co-operate with his inquiry into transfer irregularities.

Football Association chief executive Brian Barwick has strongly defended the game’s governing body from criticism by Lord Stevens’ bungs inquiry.

The Football Supporters Federation (FSF) today backed the calls for tough sanctions against people found to be taking money out of the game through transfers following Lord Stevens’ inquiry into illegal payments.

A leading agent feels it is “an absolute necessity” the Football Association agrees to the recommendation of an independent body to audit transfers following the release of Lord Stevens’ report.

Mohamed al Fayed insisted today that Princess Diana and his son Dodi were murdered on the orders of a member of the British royal family.

Dodi al-Fayed may have been planning to propose to Princess Diana on the weekend they died, Lord Stevens’ report concluded.

With the publication of Lord Stevens’ report into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, out this week, speculation has been rife about what revelations it may contain.

The UK bung inquiry will be given the name of the mystery Premiership manager who BBC’s Panorama programme claimed was set to accept a £50,000 (€74,000) bribe.

Arsenal vice-chairman David Dein claims Lord Stevens’ corruption inquiry is a vital necessity to maintain the Premiership’s position as the richest and most popular league in the world.

The Association of Football Agents (AFA) have promised to open their files to help with Lord Stevens’ inquiry into football corruption – but warned they cannot make non-members co-operate with the investigation.

Everton have denied any wrongdoing in the transfer of their former striker Ibrahima Bakayoko to Marseille in July 1999.

The family of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane is holding talks with the Rev Ian Paisley today over proposals for an inquiry into one of the most controversial murders of the Troubles.

Nearly €13m has been spent on the latest police inquiry into Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane’s murder, it was revealed tonight.