David Beckham is set to complete the funding team for his proposed Miami franchise ownership but their entry into MLS is still in the balance.

The Beckham group are confident billionaire American financier Todd Boehly will come on board to help give the blueprint a sound financial base, with the final obstacle being the MLS owners agreeing to Miami's entry in 2019.

Some owners are understood to resent Beckham being able to buy a franchise for a bargain $25million (£19.5m) as part of his LA Galaxy playing terms when the entry point is now approaching £150m.

David Beckham is set to complete the funding team for his proposed Miami franchise

But it is difficult to understand how MLS could block Beckham's bid after the way he boosted the profile of the league on and off the pitch, his long search for the right premises in Miami and the potential support for a Florida team.

And the involvement of Boehly will give the Miami project even more credibility.

The investment banker, who was part of an American consortium who were interested in buying Spurs, invested instead in the LA Dodgers baseball team for which his group paid $2bn (£1.55bn) — a record for a sports franchise — seeing off a bid from Arsenal's Stan Kroenke in the process.

Billionaire financier Todd Boehly could link up with the Beckham group

It is a cruel coincidence in a week that could see Anthony Joshua elevated to Lennox Lewis's level as a British heavyweight great that Jerome Anderson's Sport Entertainment & Media, the sports agency that represented Lennox at the height of his powers, has been wound up in the High Court.

This followed winding-up petitions from Valencia, Stoke City and Crystal Palace.

The sports agency that represented Lennox Lewis has been wound up in the High Court

Axed Hartlepool manager Dave Jones is consulting the League Managers' Association over Sky's Soccer Saturday presenter and Hartlepool president Jeff Stelling's remarkable rant last weekend.

After the team lost to Barnet, a furious Stelling (right) called for Jones 'to walk — or be sacked', as he was less than 48 hours later.

Hartlepool say Stelling's comments played no part in Jones's dismissal, but the LMA are understood to share the football industry's widespread distaste at Stelling using his TV position for such a personal attack when he is also a Hartlepool dignitary.

Jeff Stelling made a passionate, on-air rant about Dave Jones at the weekend

One significant step in the battle against the online secondary market touts was achieved on Wednesday when an amendment to the Digital Economy Bill was rushed through Parliament before business closes ahead of the General Election.

This will mean those re-selling tickets will have to display the ID number as well as the block, row and number of the seat. The extra detail will make it easier to crack down on pirate traders.

Joshua's GB gym tonic

There is some discord within professional boxing that Anthony Joshua trains at the GB amateur team's state-of-the-art facility at the English Institute for Sport in Sheffield, where Joshua's trainer Robert McCracken is also the performance director of GB Boxing.

The critics believe that it is unfair for Joshua to be allowed to use an amateur set-up that should be the preserve of the Olympic sport.

But GB Boxing believe there are huge positives from Joshua being based there and say he pays for the privilege.

A spokesman said: 'Having Anthony in the GB Boxing gym has a wider inspirational impact on the rest of the squad and he provides an example to all the boxers of what it takes to win an Olympic gold medal.

'Also maintaining close links with one of our most successful boxers delivers significant benefits to the world-class performance programme.'

Critics believe Anthony Joshua should not be allowed to use amateur facilities in Sheffield

It will provide a boost to BT Sport, who have been marginalised by Sky in the climax of the Premier League season, that they attracted a bigger peak audience for their boxing show last Saturday that ran head-to-head with Sky's fight programme.

And at least BT have previewed Sky's mega Joshua-Klitschko fight, while Sky tend to ignore sports events they don't broadcast.