EPL boss in e-mail row

The former personal assistant to English Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore has launched legal action against the Football Association over its failure to investigate his sexist e-mails, Britain's Channel Four television news reported on Tuesday.

Rani Abraham, who said in May she felt compelled to speak out about the contents of e-mails between her then boss and his lawyer friend, is already suing the Premier League, having branded it an "institutionally sexist old boys' club" in legal papers in June.

She has also lodged a claim against the FA with an employment tribunal, according to reports, saying soccer's national governing body failed in its duty as the ultimate authority in the English game.