By Alexandra Willis 7 October 2010 Caroline Wozniacki will become the seventh-youngest world No.1 in the history of the WTA Tour when the new rankings are calculated on Monday, replacing Serena Williams at the top of the women’s rankings after reaching the quarter-finals at the China Open in Bejing. . As revealed by sporting intelligence, […]

By Alex Miller at the Leaders in Football Conference, London 7 October 2010 Mohamed bin Hammam, the Fifa ExCo member from Qatar and one of football’s major political figures, has said today that a lack of clear judging criteria may mean Fifa fails to award the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to the nations with […]

By Alexandra Willis 7 October 2010 India is leading the charge at the inaugural tennis event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi after Sania Mirza and Somdev Devvarman both progressed to the semi-finals of the women’s and men’s singles respectively. National pin-up Mirza, the world No.137, appeared to relish the home support at the […]

By Pete Wilson 6 October 2010 New England Sports Ventures have just released the following statement in relation to their proposed takeover of Liverpool. (More stories here). Background info provided separately on John W Henry says he “is passionate about soccer”. . . Other stories mentioning Liverpool in any capacity Liverpool takeover related stories Sportingintelligence […]

By Alex Miller at the Leaders in Football Conference, London 6 October 2010 England’s 2018 World Cup bid leader insisted today that the bid had recovered from the troubles it faced earlier in the campaign and delivered a confident assessment of the chances of winning the rights to host the tournament. Speaking at the Leaders […]

6 October 2010 . The following press release was issued by the Liverpool fans’ group SoS in reaction to the ongoing developments at Liverpool. . Spirit Of Shankly Press Release The Liverpool Supporters’ Union, Spirit of Shankly have noted the developments overnight at Liverpool Football Club. Leaving aside the embarrassment of our Club’s ownership and […]

6 October 2010 . Legal opinions on the Hicks / Gillett / Liverpool situation. (More may follow) Most recent related story here . Danny Davis, Partner, Mishcon de Reya “Administration is an empty threat, as the bank will be eager to avoid the resulting public outcry. Should Gillett & Hicks go to litigation to fight […]

By Nick Harris 6 October 2010 Liverpool’s potential new owners, New England Sports Ventures, have proposed buying Liverpool in a £300m deal that will involve a cash injection of £240m to clear most of the club’s debt, sportingintelligence can reveal. This should alleviate some concerns among fans that the club is heading for another leveraged […]

By Nick Harris 6 October 2010 Liverpool’s board has announced this morning that it has agreed to sell the club to New England Sports Ventures, the parent company of the Boston Red Sox whose major stakeholders include John W Henry, Tom Werner, and the New York Times Company. The sale is conditional on Premier League […]

6 October 2010 . Tom Hicks and George Gillett statement in response to the club’s statement on evening of 5 October Related story here “In April, we confirmed our agreement to sell Liverpool Football Club, and appointed a new chairman and advisers to oversee the process. “At that time we and Martin Broughton stated our […]