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By Nick Harris 7 September 2010 The disciplinary tribunal sitting in judgement on allegations that the world No1 snooker player John Higgins agreed a £261,000 bribe in April to lose frames at future matches entered a second session at 2pm this afternoon with the outcome unclear but a result expected within 36 hours. The first […]

By Nick Harris 6 September 2010 Premier League clubs made by far the most money from Uefa’s central funds from the 2009-10 Champions League according to an analysis by sportingintelligence of recently released financial figures ahead of the 2010-11 group stage starting next week. Despite getting no further than the quarter-finals, Manchester United made €45.8m […]

By Alexandra Willis 6 September 2010 . Bookmakers Ladbrokes are offering odds of 1-2 that Andy Murray will win a Grand Slam during his career, despite the Scot’s bizarre exit at the hands of Stanislas Wawrinka in the third round of the US Open. The British No1 was at a loss to explain the reasons […]

By Nick Harris 5 September 2010 The cricket ‘spot-fixing scandal’ took its latest extraordinary twist this evening when the Pakistan batsman, Yasir Hameed, released a statement detailing how the News of the World – and specifically its investigations editor, Mazher Mahmood – had misrepresented Hameed’s views, had offered to pay him £25,000 to talk about […]

By Nick Harris 3 September 2010 As controversy continues to surround the manipulated events at the recent fourth Test between England and Pakistan – events orchestrated and paid for by the News of the World to demonstrate corruptibility – and as the New York Times investigates allegations of illegal phone hacking at the NotW – the News […]

By Alexandra Willis 2 September 2010 Another controversial foot fault at the US Open at Flushing Meadows has prompted calls for tennis to extend the Hawk-Eye challenge system to include foot faults. One year on from the explosive incident that saw Serena Williams docked a penalty point after she was called for a foot fault […]

By Nick Harris 1 September 2010 The Premier League’s 20 clubs have spent less on transfer fees collectively this summer (around £382m) than in any summer window for four years, but England’s elite remain comfortably ahead of the Europe’s other major leagues in spending, and net spending by the Premier League clubs (about £214m) remains […]

By Alexandra Willis 1 September 2010 . Roger Federer is winning back fans alienated by his bitter demeanour at Wimbledon after producing another thrilling between-the-legs trick shot during his first round victory over Brian Dabul at the US Open in New York. The shot, which Federer pulled off against Novak Djokovic on the same court […]

By Nick Harris 1 September 2010 The Premier League’s official fantasy football game has registered more than two million users in more than 200 countries already this season to cement its place as most popular fantasy football (soccer) game in history, according to an analysis of users of the League’s website. The country with the […]

By Alex Miller 31 August 2010 Manchester United and Liverpool sell more official replica football shirts, for Nike and Adidas respectively, than any other teams in the English Premier League, and both are at or close to the top of the global merchandise sales tables according to multi-year research by a leading German consultancy, released […]