By Brian Sears 19 March 2010 Liverpool, beware. Premier League goal scoring this season remains on course to hit record heights, and Liverpool’s opponents this weekend, Manchester United, remain one of three clubs still in the hunt for the Holy Grail-esque “50 goals at home in a Premier League season”. Now some people might argue […]

By Nick Harris 19 March 2010 The Ukrainian referee banned from football for life last night for being “in breach of the principles of loyalty and integrity” of Uefa’s rules was part of a hand-picked elite that the European governing body used to pioneer the new, “fairer”, six-person teams of officials at Europa League matches […]

* JOHN ROBERTS wrote for the Daily Express, The Guardian, the Daily Mail and The Independent, where he was the tennis correspondent for 20 years. He collaborated with Bill Shankly on the Liverpool manager’s autobiography, ghosted Kevin Keegan’s first book, and has written books on George Best, Manchester United’s Busby Babes (The Team That Wouldn’t Die) and Everton (The Official […]

By Nick Harris 18 March 2010 . Joel Glazer’s sitting at his desk in Tampa, fiddling with the green n’ gold scarf wrapped around his neck, and tossing ideas around. “Hey Michelle,” he shouts to his secretary. “Can you find me a supplier for these mufflers? We gotta get some for the OT megastore. We […]

17 March 2010 John Lloyd has resigned as Britain’s Davis Cup captain less than a fortnight after the British team lost to Lithuania – minus their best player, Andy Murray, who opted not to appear for his country in a match GB almost certainly would have won if he’d played . That was GB’s fifth straight […]

By Nick Harris 17 March 2010 The Indian Premier League’s third season has begun with promising viewing figures, rising year-on-year by an eye-catching 1,000 per cent in Britain as well as by 43 per cent in the key domestic market of India. Closer examination of the numbers reveals the British figures in absolute terms are […]

By Nick Harris 17 March 2010 Britain’s William Sichel, the ultra-marathon runner who hopes to become the first man in a decade to finish a 1,000-mile run, reach the 200-mile mark today in Athens in a time of 53 hours 18 minutes and 40 seconds. Sichel is taking part in the 1,000-mile World Cup event […]

By Nick Harris 17 March 2010 The men behind the private equity firm bidding for a stake in Liverpool are rich but not intending to invest their own fortunes in the deal Sportingintelligence can reveal. The Rhone Group, an international company with offices in New York, London and Paris, tabled a bid at the weekend for […]

By Nick Harris 17 March 2010 Portsmouth have this morning been docked nine points for entering administration, formalising a procedure that was inevitable after their financial meltdown. A statement just released by the Premier League says: “Following the High Court’s decision that Portsmouth FC’s administration is valid the Premier League Board convened today to apply the […]

16 March 2010 Can you identify the sporting arena? We take an aerial view of a ball park, football stadium, marathon course, golf course, Games venue, race track, iconic arena, athletic theatre (some literally theatres), pitch, park, stretch of water or wherever else sport takes place. And we ask you to identify it with the […]