By Nick Harris 17 October 2010 The latest edition of longest race in the world of sport got underway today as the five solo sailors in the Velux 5 Oceans set off from Rochelle in France on round-the-world journeys they hope will carry them more than 30,000 miles over the next nine months. At the […]

By Nick Harris 17 October 2010 Andy Murray rubber-stamped his return to form with a straight-sets thrashing of Roger Federer in the final of the Shanghai Masters today – not that you’d know it from his Twitter feed. There was no mention at all of the sixth Masters title of his career, or that fact […]

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 […]

By Brian Sears 14 October 2010 Life for the Premier League’s ‘Big Four’ (B4) must seem a little less secure this season, especially for Liverpool, and not just off the pitch. That Anfield defeat by Blackpool a fortnight ago was tough for fans to take. They’re not alone in being upset on home turf though; […]

By Nick Harris 14 October 2010 Liverpool scored a tap-in second goal at the High Court today as their match against The Texan raider (aka Tom Hicks) lurched deeper into extra time. Leading 2-1 as the evening drew in, they scented victory but had no expectation their opponent would be lying down anytime soon. The […]

By Nick Harris 14 October 2010 Peter Lim, would-be buyer of Liverpool, says Liverpool’s board and RBS bank have “chosen not to respond or to discuss” his offer for the club, and as such “I am not able to proceed with my intention to acquire the club.” If circumstances change, he says his interest remains, […]