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15 April 2010 The BBC have run an interesting story today about developments in a case related to alleged match-fixing in snooker. The report coincides with a Radio 5 programme about snooker and fixing. The report is here, and it’s worth a read, and here’s a taster from the top: “Snooker players Jamie Burnett and […]

15 April 2010 Uefa’s ongoing fight to eradicate match-fixing notched up a significant victory today when The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Switzerland upheld several Uefa verdicts as CAS dealt with a match-fixing case for the first time in its history. The Macedonia club FK Pobeda had been banned for eight years by […]

15 April 2010 The Premier League will take legal action to overturn Ofcom’s decision to force BSkyB to offer its sports channels to rivals at cheaper prices. A statement on the League’s website today, the League’s chief executive Richard Scudamore says: “Having taken time to study the 655 page Ofcom decision in respect to its Pay-TV […]

By Pete Wilson 15 April 2010 (with 16 April update at the bottom) Birmingham City’s owners have been set a deadline of 27 May to pay a debt of £2.2m to the investment bank, Seymour Pierce, or else risk having their shares sold off to meet their obligations. But the club have this afternoon dismissed […]

By Nick Harris 14 April 2010 With Britain’s three main political parties now having published their election manifesto documents, a sportingintelligence analysis of the sections relating to sport shows that the Labour Party has dedicated more of its space to the subject than either of its rivals: 1.8 per cent of the manifesto. That is […]

By Jonnie Baker 14 April 2010 Once the storm of burning rage following Tottenham’s magnificent bottling of another FA Cup semi-final had eventually subsided, it was widely agreed that the events of Sunday were very ‘Spursey’. Very much in the mould of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club. Flog through the earlier rounds, treat a lower league […]

By Nick Harris 13 April 2010 Dave Boyle, the chief executive of Supporters Direct, the organisation that works with football fans’ groups to help them acquire shares and influence at their clubs, has today welcome the unprecedented inclusion in the Labour and Conservative election manifesto documents of proposals on supporter ownership. Writing for sportingintelligence today […]

DAVE BOYLE is the chief executive of Supporters Direct, the organisation that works with supporters trusts at football clubs to help them buy shares and increase influence at their clubs. A former long-serving National Council Member of The Football Supporters’ Federation, he supports AFC Wimbledon. Rather marvelously, he was also the advisor on ‘football matters’ […]

By Nick Harris 13 April 2010 Stan Kroenke, the billionaire American sports franchise owner who is also the single largest shareholder in Arsenal, decided in the early hours of this morning (late Monday, US time) to make a bid for complete ownership of the St Louis Rams NFL franchise, in contravention of widespread belief he […]

By Nick Harris 13 April 2009 Lady Nina Bracewell-Smith is believed to be seeking around £100m for her 15.9 per cent stake in Arsenal, for which she is seeking buyers via Blackstone, the New York-headquartered global investment and advisory firm. That would value each of her 9,893 shares at just more than the market rate […]