By Brian Sears 8 September 2010 West Ham currently prop up the Premier League table, pointless after three games and with a goal difference of minus eight after defeats to Aston Villa, Bolton and Manchester United. Stoke are one place above them, also pointless, and with a goal difference of minus four, after successive defeats […]
-
-
Hingis fans the flames of comeback rumours
By Alexandra Willis 8 September 2010 . Martina Hingis has given the clearest indication yet that she may return to professional tennis, corroborating rumours that have been circling internet forums since her career was cut short by a drugs suspension in 2007. In an exclusive interview with ACE Tennis Magazine at Wimbledon, as reported by […]
by AlexWillis -
John Higgins ‘match fix’ tribunal unfolds amid more twists and turns
By Nick Harris 7 September 2010 The disciplinary tribunal sitting in judgement on allegations that the world No1 snooker player John Higgins agreed a £261,000 bribe in April to lose frames at future matches entered a second session at 2pm this afternoon with the outcome unclear but a result expected within 36 hours. The first […]
by admin -
REVEALED: Man Utd, Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool made £121.8m from Uefa alone from 2009-10 Champions League, leaving Serie A, La Liga and Bundesliga trailing
By Nick Harris 6 September 2010 Premier League clubs made by far the most money from Uefa’s central funds from the 2009-10 Champions League according to an analysis by sportingintelligence of recently released financial figures ahead of the 2010-11 group stage starting next week. Despite getting no further than the quarter-finals, Manchester United made €45.8m […]
by admin -
Bookies retain faith in Murray despite early US Open exit
By Alexandra Willis 6 September 2010 . Bookmakers Ladbrokes are offering odds of 1-2 that Andy Murray will win a Grand Slam during his career, despite the Scot’s bizarre exit at the hands of Stanislas Wawrinka in the third round of the US Open. The British No1 was at a loss to explain the reasons […]
by AlexWillis -
Mazher Mahmood accused of effective blackmail over latest Pakistan ‘fix’ story
By Nick Harris 5 September 2010 The cricket ‘spot-fixing scandal’ took its latest extraordinary twist this evening when the Pakistan batsman, Yasir Hameed, released a statement detailing how the News of the World – and specifically its investigations editor, Mazher Mahmood – had misrepresented Hameed’s views, had offered to pay him £25,000 to talk about […]
by admin -
In pictures: analysis of evidence in News of the World’s snooker ‘match fix’ case
By Nick Harris 3 September 2010 As controversy continues to surround the manipulated events at the recent fourth Test between England and Pakistan – events orchestrated and paid for by the News of the World to demonstrate corruptibility – and as the New York Times investigates allegations of illegal phone hacking at the NotW – the News […]
by admin -
THE SPORTS LAWYER: ‘The Pakistan spot-fixing saga highlights difficulties of dealing with defamation that can be global in minutes’
* THE SPORTS LAWYER is actually a posse of Britain’s brightest lawyers, from the Sport & Media team at UK law firm, Thomas Eggar, who will be contributing features, analysis and insight on a regular basis on the key sports law issues. In TSL’s latest column, Danielle McCormick discusses how the internet age poses new […]
by admin -
Andy Roddick foot fault prompts debate on tennis challenge system
By Alexandra Willis 2 September 2010 Another controversial foot fault at the US Open at Flushing Meadows has prompted calls for tennis to extend the Hawk-Eye challenge system to include foot faults. One year on from the explosive incident that saw Serena Williams docked a penalty point after she was called for a foot fault […]
by AlexWillis -
Manchester City keep Premier League as biggest spenders; Serie A pips La Liga
By Nick Harris 1 September 2010 The Premier League’s 20 clubs have spent less on transfer fees collectively this summer (around £382m) than in any summer window for four years, but England’s elite remain comfortably ahead of the Europe’s other major leagues in spending, and net spending by the Premier League clubs (about £214m) remains […]
by admin