MANCHESTER UNITED manager Sir Alex Ferguson (pic) was named as the most powerful person in British sport ahead of London Olympic Games chairman Sebastian Coe and Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour.
The Times newspaper listed Ferguson at the top of its Power 100 list, saying: "He has been shaping our sporting lives for decades, to the extent that he is atop our summit, and the hard part is not establishing where his power starts but where it ends."
Russian Roman Abramovich, Chelsea's billionaire owner, was listed at No 6 with footballer David Beckham seventh, England manager Fabio Capello eighth and Richard Scudamore, the chief executive of the Premier League, in 10th.
The 67-year-old Ferguson, who has been in charge of United since 1986, has won more trophies than any other manager in British football after early successes at Aberdeen.
United are world, European and English champions and lead the Premier League table.
The 52-year-old Coe, who won the 1,500 metres gold medal at the 1980 and 1984 Olympic Games and set a number of world records, is a former MP, the chairman of Fifa's ethics committee and vice-president of the IAAF, the world governing body of athletics.
Putting Sheikh Mansour at No 3 on the list, the newspaper said the impact of his riches
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