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By Alexandra Willis 27 October 2011 Nick Bollettieri has offered his support to the Women’s Tennis Association in their battle to contain the presence of grunting on the tennis tour, revealing that he and his team are already exploring the ways to teach young juniors not to grunt. Speaking to The Daily Telegraph, Bollettieri, also […]

By Brian Sears 27 October 2011 Chelsea are on the verge of overtaking Arsenal as the No1 club within London over the entirety of the Premier League era. Both teams have played 177 London derbies in the Premier League to date, with Arsenal amassing 321 points, and Chelsea gaining 318. (For the full London derby table, […]

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 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 Alex Miller 9 October 2011 England’s football team haven’t won a major trophy since the 1966 World Cup on home soil, haven’t reached a major tournament semi-final since 1996 (on home soil) and haven’t ever got beyond a semi-final on foreign turf – and that was 21 years ago at the 1990 World Cup […]

By Alex Miller at Leaders in Football, London 6 October 2011 Former top referee Pierluigi Collina has warned that the issue of match fixing was “the future of football” and that everybody associated with the sport had to act to look after the game. On the day that Wayne Rooney’s father and uncle were arrested […]

By Alex Miller at Leaders in Football, London 6 October 2011 Arsenal’s chief executive Ivan Gazidis has claimed the club’s current lowly league position is not a concern and added the Gunners “could afford to miss out on Champions League” next season and continue to compete for the league title. The club has qualified for […]

By Alex Miller at Leaders in Football, London 5 October 2011 Kia Joorabchian, the man who formerly ‘owned’ Carlos Tevez and continues to act as his representative, has blamed an interpreter for incorrectly translating the Manchester City striker’s comments after the infamous ‘strike’ incident in Munich last week. Tevez was initially reported to have said: […]