By Nick Harris 15 October 2010 With the sale of Liverpool to NESV complete and John W Henry, one of the world’s leading sports tycoons, promising ahead of this weekend’s Merseyside derby to restore the club to its former glories, sportingintelligence can reveal Tom Hicks and George Gillett’s legal battle for $1.6bn compensation is likely […]

By Brian Sears 15 October 2010 The Merseyside derby takes place at Goodison Park this weekend with Everton and Liverpool on fairly equal terms; they have been fairly equally bad this season, that is. A chant of “6-1! 6-1!” should normally signal a joyous occasion. Today it’s a statistician reciting the number of points won, […]

15 October 2010 . JOINT STATEMENT FROM NEW ENGLAND SPORTS VENTURES AND LIVERPOOL FOOTBALL CLUB New England Sports Ventures (NESV) today announces that it has completed the purchase of Liverpool Football Club. NESV wishes to extend its sincere gratitude to the Board of Liverpool FC for their diligence and their efforts on behalf of the […]

By Alexandra Willis 15 October 2010 Ticket sales for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals at London’s O2 Arena have rocketed since Andy Murray became the fourth player to qualify for the elite season-ending men’s tennis event. According to new data from second-hand ticket exchange viagogo, demand for tickets to the world’s biggest indoor tennis […]

By Alexandra Willis 15 October 2010 The governing body of men’s tennis has acknowledged that it will consider a re-organisation of the men’s calendar in a “meaningful way” to avoid a flurry of injuries and withdrawals towards the end of the season. World No.1 Rafael Nadal, who has consistently affirmed that the tennis season is […]