Features

By Brian Sears 24 November 2011 The natural home advantage we expect is slightly diminished this season in the Premier League, with only 56 per cent of all points so far being won by the home teams. This is a 20-year low; last season the figure was 63 per cent. Hence picking up points at […]

By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 23 November 2011 Manchester City’s 2-1 defeat last night at Napoli means their Champions League destiny is no longer in their own hands. Bayern Munich, the current leaders of Group A, visit the Etihad Stadium a fortnight today but City know even if they beat […]

By Nick Harris  SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 15 November 2011 The untimely death at the weekend of the former cricketer and writer Peter Roebuck, who took his own life by jumping from the sixth floor of a Cape Town hotel on Saturday night, has again prompted debate about the apparently high prevalence of […]

THE SPORTS LAWYER is actually a posse of Britain’s brightest lawyers, from the Sport & Media team at the UK law firm, Thomas Eggar, who will be contributing features, analysis and insight on a regular basis on the key sports law issues of the day. In TSL’s latest column, Andrew Nixon discusses the risks associated with social media in […]

By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 11 November 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 11 November 2011 England play Spain in a Wembley friendly on Saturday – and four of the Spanish squad now ply their trade in England. Liverpool’s Pepe Reina, Chelsea’s Juan Mata and Fernando Torres, and Manchester City’s David Silva could be joined in action by three players who formerly made a living in […]

By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 11 November 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 Adele Carlsen Manager of the GB Olympic synchronised swimming team 8 November 2011 As we head towards Remembrance Day, and as the countdown to the London Olympics continues apace, it might surprise some to learn that the army and the sport of synchronised swimming have shared history – and continue to work together. As […]

THE SPORTS LAWYER is actually a posse of Britain’s brightest lawyers, from the Sport & Media team at the UK law firm, Thomas Eggar, who will be contributing features, analysis and insight on a regular basis on the key sports law issues of the day. In TSL’s latest column, Andrew Nixon discusses the issue of corruption in sport. […]

By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 7 November 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 […]