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By Nick Harris 22 August 2010 It’s well established that the Premier League is popular outside Britain, and as we reveal elsewhere today, it’s now possible to quantify in cash terms quite how popular compared to rival leagues. But where is it most popular? And why? Who watches it in Papua New Guinea or Albania, in […]

By Nick Harris 20 August 2010 Kenny Huang has pulled out of the running as a potential bidder for Liverpool. The New York-based Chinese businessman released a statement this evening (below) to that effect, although he did not provide reasons as to why he was pulling out. He said he had a plan to provide […]

By Nick Harris 20 August 2010 Confusion continues to surround the putative bid for Liverpool by the New York-based businessman, Kenny Huang, after reports that the former Chelsea chief executive, Peter Kenyon, has been acting as an advisor to Mr Huang for several months. There have also been mixed reports about the ongoing involvement (or […]

By Nick Harris 19 August 2010 Ahsan Ali Syed, the Bahrain-based Indian businessman who says he wants to buy Blackburn Rovers, describes himself in his company’s 2009 annual report as a “Dreamer, Visionary, Navigator and Leader”. That report, for Western Gulf Advisory AG, which describes itself as “a self-sustaining investment and asset management company”, can […]

By Pete Wilson 19 August 2010 David Beckham has put Fabio Capello’s unilateral ending of his England career behind him to launch the ‘Back the Bid week’, starting today, in support of England’s bid to stage the 2018 World Cup. Fifa’s inspection team arrives in England next week to assess facilities that will be used […]

By Nick Harris 18 August 2010 A new scheme that encourages Arsenal fans to buy a stake in the club in return for influence in decisions makes the prospect of a takeover by any of Arsenal’s current major shareholders unlikely for the foreseeable future. The Arsenal Fanshare plan will allow supporters to buy a stake […]

By Brian Sears 17 August 2010 Liverpool bestrode the 1970s and 1980s like a colossus, and then fell off. As our main graphic shows below, they were top dogs for the best part of 20 years, winning 11 titles in 18 years in England’s elite division between 1973 and 1990, and have now gone two […]

By Nick Harris 17 August 2010 Liverpool’s status as one of football’s enduring global powers remains undiminished despite the club’s recent travails, according to the club’s commercial director, Ian Ayre. In an interview with the latest edition of FC Business magazine – the industry publication for football in the UK – Ayre is bullish about […]

By Cassie Patten 17 August 2010 There has never been a more exciting time to be involved in British swimming and I’m thrilled to be a part of it, especially as my own discipline, in open water, is growing rapidly in popularity, more of which later. The GB team showed at the Beijing Games that […]

17 August 2010 Wendy Jans of Belgium and Anita Rizzuti of Norway will reach new milestones in their snooker careers when they take their places in the qualifiers for snooker’s new World Open. Jans and Rizzuti will play in Sheffield in qualifiers over the coming weekend; the innovative format of the new event gives juniors, […]