By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 26 October 2011 England’s Premier League is, by far, the nation’s most successful sporting export, watched live each week in more than 200 countries, and earning from foreign TV rights alone £1.437bn for the current three-year overseas deals (or £479m a year) as reported by sportingintelligence last […]

By Brian Sears  26 October 2011 What with all the brouhaha about alleged incidents that have nothing to do with any beautiful game, it’s been easy to forget that QPR’s defeat of Chelsea at the weekend ended an unbeaten run of more than 10 years by Chelsea against promoted sides in the Premier League. As […]

By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 26 October 2011 England’s Premier League is, by far, the nation’s most successful sporting export, watched live each week in more than 200 countries, and earning from foreign TV rights alone £1.437bn for the current three-year overseas deals (or £479m a year) as reported by sportingintelligence last […]

By Sportingintelligence 25 October 2011 The Football Association has launched an investigation into allegations that Chelsea’s John Terry – the captain of England – used a racially abusive term towards QPR’s Anton Ferdinand during Chelsea’s 1-0 defeat to QPR at the weekend. A video clip shot during the match gives the impression that Terry said […]

By Sportingintelligence 25 October 2011 A diverse group of West Ham fans, split on whether the club should leave Upton Park, have launched a campaign to encourage the club’s owners to consult season ticket holders on any move. The campaign website is linked here, and the organisers have made a written request to the owners for […]

By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 24 October 2011 England’s Premier League is, by far, the nation’s most successful sporting export, watched live each week in more than 200 countries, and earning from foreign TV rights alone £1.437bn for the current three-year overseas deals (or £479m a year) as reported by sportingintelligence last […]

By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 24 October 2011 Manchester City’s evisceration of Manchester United on Sunday was orchestrated by foreign stars, with the six goals split between imports Mario Balotelli, Sergio Aguero, David Silva and Edin Dzeko. It’s not unusual these days for Premier League sides to be full of […]

By Sportingintelligence 23 October 2011 Jose Mourinho’s Fifa World Coach of the Year 2010 trophy – the most significant individual silverware won by the maverick Portuguese coach to date – has sold for £26,000 this evening as a charity auction in memory of Mourinho’s mentor, Sir Bobby Robson, closed. Sportingintelligence can reveal the winning bidder […]

By Sportingintelligence 23 October 2011 Once in a lifetime, money can’t buy experiences featuring Barcelona and their manager Pep Guardiola, Real Madrid’s manager Jose Mourinho and George Burley, one-time star player and manager of Ipswich Town, are vying to raise the most money as the inaugural charity auction in honour of the late, great Sir […]

By Brian Sears 20 October 2011 Aston Villa are the most successful Midlands team in the Premier League’s 20-year history, being the only ever-present club in the revamped top flight and managing 1.43 points per game on average in their 742 games to date. West Brom are the least successful Premier League team from the Midlands in the […]