Nottingham Forest and Barnet upset as ESPN pulls plug on women's final

ESPN's decision to scrap its planned television coverage of the women's Premier League Cup final on Thursday has angered the contestants, Nottingham Forest and Barnet, both of whom have lost potential sponsorship deals that were linked to TV exposure.
"We had two sponsorships lined up on the understanding that the game would be on TV," said the Forest secretary, Fay Glover, whose club were recently close to extinction due to lack of finances. "Getting to the final has helped us raise enough money to keep going until the end of the season but the extra cash we could have... read more