Postpublished at 18:02 British Summer Time 8 August 2014
And those two non-football bits of news wrap up Sportsday's new season special...
Make sure you come back to BBC Sport about 18:30 BST when our live text commentary of the Championship curtain-raiser between Blackburn and Cardiff begins.
Then, we will have more live texts, score updates, and everything else associated with live football, when the rest of the action kicks off on Saturday. Make sure you're with us!