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By Nick Harris 31 October 2016 The 1998 Tour de France was utterly overshadowed by drugs busts and irrefutable evidence of widespread cheating. This was apparently a new low in the global landscape of doping scandals. Apparently is the operative word. It would be a long time before the truth about cycling’s real doping problem emerged. Some might […]

Part of Sportingintelligence’s guide to the 2016 FIFA presidential election: HOME PAGE here. . Will the real Prince Ali please stand up? By James Corbett 15 January 2016 When I caught up with Prince Ali Bin Hussein at the launch of his 2016 FIFA presidential manifesto in London last week, it was a day short of […]

The booklet below gives an insight into the Premier League’s popularity in global television terms. A similar analysis of Spain’s La Liga is here (PDF) with an overview of that here. A related Sportcal feature on the reliability or otherwise of TV data is available as a PDF here. If your browser cannot view the interactive […]

Part of Sportingintelligence’s guide to the 2016 FIFA presidential election: HOME PAGE here . Interview with FIFA’s “And Yet” Man – Jerome Champagne By James Corbett 30 December 2015 What is Jerome Champagne’s game? For almost two years, ever since he announced his doomed bid to run in last May’s FIFA presidential election, that has been […]

Part of Sportingintelligence’s guide to the 2016 FIFA presidential election: HOME PAGE here . Interview with The Fallen Man – David Nakhid By James Corbett 10 December 2015 ‘To be, or not to be.’ That was the question posed as the former Trinidad captain, David Nakhid, took to the stage at Aarhus’s Helsingør Theatre in late October […]

Part of Sportingintelligence’s guide to the 2016 FIFA presidential election: HOME PAGE here . PROFILE: Musa Bility         Age: 48.      Born: 6 April 6, 1967 in Saclepea, Nimba County. Twitter: @hhbility            Website: None.  Profile page at Liberia FA website Manifesto: Not available. Football background:  Says he played at amateur local level but there is […]

Part of Sportingintelligence’s guide to the 2016 FIFA presidential election: HOME PAGE here . Analysis and debate Between now and the FIFA presidential election, this section will be a platform for analysis and debate from a variety of contributors. The latest article will sit at the top. Contributions welcome; for details see the main page. […]

Part of Sportingintelligence’s guide to the 2016 FIFA presidential election: HOME PAGE here . PROFILE: Sheikh Salman           Age: 50. Born: 2 November 1965, in Riffa, Bahrain. Twitter: None.          Website: Sheikh Salman website       Manifesto: PDF here. Football background: Worked in various executive roles at the Bahrain Football Association (BFA) after graduating from […]

Part of Sportingintelligence’s guide to the 2016 FIFA presidential election: HOME PAGE here . PROFILE: Tokyo Sexwale         Age: 62.     Born:  Soweto, 5 March 1953 Twitter:  Not yet.     Website: www.tokyosexwale.com (unofficial – no official site) Manifesto (PDF download):  Tokyo Sexwale manifesto. Football background:  Organising Committee for 2010 World Cup, FIFA Committee on […]

Part of Sportingintelligence’s guide to the 2016 FIFA presidential election: HOME PAGE here . PROFILE: Michel Platini           Age: 60. Born: 21 June 1955, in Jœuf, France. Twitter: None          Website: None        Manifesto (PDF download): None Football background: professional football player (1972-1987, AS Nancy, Saint-Étienne, Juventus); international (France, 1975-1987; Kuwait, 1988), manager (France, 1988-1992), […]