By Steve Menary 15 March 2011 Clubs from the Premier League owe millions of pounds in tax payments, including VAT, despite being rich enough to pay player’s salaries that run into six figures per week in some cases, according to findings from a Freedom of Information inquiry (FOI) published for the first time here today. […]

By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 13 March 2011 . While I was researching and writing my first book, ‘England, Their England’, a history of foreign players in the English game since 1888 (published in 2003), I’d amuse myself in times of writer’s block by toying with the idea of an […]

By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 13 March 2011 . On Friday, I interviewed Patrick Vieira at Manchester City’s training ground at Carrington for a piece in today’s Mail on Sunday (from where Sky lifted this) and to talk about his endorsement of France’s 2018 Ryder Cup bid. As is often the […]

By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 13 March 2011 . Manchester City’s Patrick Vieira has today voiced his strong support for France’s bid to stage the 2018 Ryder Cup, saying it represents the legacy option for golf in Europe. Vieira, 34, who won the football World Cup with France in an […]

By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 13 March 2011 . At least two Scottish women’s international footballers are taking legal advice on the possible repercussions of playing for Great Britain at the 2012 Olympics, sources north of the border say. They cannot legally be prevented from playing, if selected, but are […]

By Alexandra Willis in Indian Wells 13 March 2011 Elena Baltacha may not have been able to pull off another match point-saving miracle against the No.13 seed Flavia Pennetta in their second round encounter at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, but the British No.1 feels that her performance, which saw her come within […]

By Alexandra Willis in Indian Wells 12 March 2011 Andy Murray has called for Britain’s forthcoming Davis Cup tie against Luxembourg to be housed at a venue that “sells out in minutes” and show off the true atmosphere and excitement of the famous team competition. The British No.1, who gave the clearest indication yet that […]

By Brian Sears 10 March 2011 Six of this season’s FA Cup quarter-finalists have never made it as far as the semi-finals in the Premier League era (since 1992), which might suggest they’ll care significantly this weekend and field their strongest teams. We can but hope. Those six are Birmingham and Bolton, who meet on […]

* By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 9 March 2011 . Sportingintelligence is celebrating its first birthday. Although you’ll find articles on the site that pre-date March 2010 by a month or three, it was a year ago precisely that the site went fully live for the first time. The ‘holding page’ […]

By Nick Harris 6 March 2011 Birmingham’s financial plans for the coming year will be scrutinised by the Premier League at the end of March in the first stage of the process that will determine whether the Carling Cup winners will be allowed to play in Europe next season or not. Uefa’s licensing rules means […]