Kogan close to being named new football regulator

The regulator will be given new powers over Premier League parachute payments to relegated clubs [Getty Images]Sports media rights executive David Kogan is close to being named as the government's preferred choice as chair of the English football's new independent regulator.Senior sources have told BBC Sport that ministers hope to make an announcement in the coming days, and possibly as early as Friday.If chosen, Kogan would then have to face MPs on the Culture, Media and Sport select committee