** 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 SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 25 April 2011 Sir Alex Ferguson has reiterated that Manchester United can compete with the biggest-spending teams in the word, and while he said United are as ‘sensible’ as possible with transfer fees and wages he added: “When we go for a player, we generally […]

By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 24 April 2011 Wayne Rooney has apparently made his social networking debut on Twitter, with @wazzaroon08 amassing more than 135,000 followers in under 24 hours since Manchester United’s Rio Ferdinand (@rioferdy5) recommended that his own followers follow ‘Wazza’. Ferdinand is a famous joker but club […]

22 April 2011 Can you identify the sporting arena? We take an aerial view of a topical 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 […]

By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 22 April 2011 The best paid sportsmen in the world, judged on average earnings per player across whole leagues, are the basketball players who make their living in the NBA in North America, according to the findings of sportingintelligence’s Global Sports Salaries Report 2011 (GSSS […]

21 April 2011 . Sportingintelligence’s Global Sports Salaries Report collaboration with ESPN The Magazine has been covered so far, among others, by … . The New York Times (USA). The Washington Post (USA). The BBC (UK). And the BBC in Brazil. Hurriyet (Turkey) with more Turkish coverage on Eurosport and Stargazete. The Liberty Times (Taiwan). DNES (Slovakia) as well as […]

By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 20 April 2011 Barcelona are the best paid team in global sport measured by average first-team wages, ahead of their great rivals Real Madrid in second place, knocking baseball’s New York Yankees from the No1 spot, according to the Global Sports Salaries Survey 2011, to […]

22 April 2011 In 2010, sportingintelligence’s review of global sports salaries revealed baseball’s New York Yankees to be the best paid team in global sport (by average earnings of first-team players). Today we publish the Global Sports Salaries Survey 2011, an updated review of pay and performance in the world’s most popular – and richest […]

By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 15 April 2011 The 110 Sport Group, the management company that handles the affairs of a string of the biggest names in snooker, is about to be liquidated, sportingintelligence has learned today. The company is expected to make a public confirmation next week that it […]

By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 15 April 2011 When the Culture, Media and Sport Committee launched its inquiry into the governance of professional football in December, the need to address the ‘concerns’ of fans was cited as a major reason. The coalition government had agreed to encourage reform “to support […]