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6 October 2010 . The following press release was issued by the Liverpool fans’ group SoS in reaction to the ongoing developments at Liverpool. . Spirit Of Shankly Press Release The Liverpool Supporters’ Union, Spirit of Shankly have noted the developments overnight at Liverpool Football Club. Leaving aside the embarrassment of our Club’s ownership and […]

6 October 2010 . Legal opinions on the Hicks / Gillett / Liverpool situation. (More may follow) Most recent related story here . Danny Davis, Partner, Mishcon de Reya “Administration is an empty threat, as the bank will be eager to avoid the resulting public outcry. Should Gillett & Hicks go to litigation to fight […]

6 October 2010 . Tom Hicks and George Gillett statement in response to the club’s statement on evening of 5 October Related story here “In April, we confirmed our agreement to sell Liverpool Football Club, and appointed a new chairman and advisers to oversee the process. “At that time we and Martin Broughton stated our […]

5 October 2010 . Caroline Wozniacki is within touching distance of clinching the world No.1 women’s tennis ranking after winning the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo last week. As revealed first by sporting intelligence, the Dane merely has to reach the quarter-finals or better in this week’s China Open in Beijing to surpass Serena […]

24 September 2010 . The French Open may abandon plans to re-locate to the Parisian suburbs after a vital concession that could allow the French Tennis Federation (FFT) to expand the existing site. Organisers have been seeking ways to modernise and improve the historic location near the French capital’s Bois de Boulogne, but have been […]

24 September 2010 Arsenal’s financial figures for the year to May 2010 show record profits in the group of £56m. Full details and downloads are here at the Arsenal website. Key details: Turnover in the group, including property: up to £379.9m from £313.3m. Operating profit in the football business down slightly: to £56.8m from £62.7m, […]

21 September 2010 . Andy Murray has given the clearest indication yet that he is seeking a big name as a replacement for former coach Miles Maclagan, someone with the necessary experience and expertise to catapult the Scot from a Grand Slam finalist to a Grand Slam champion. In an interview with the Telegraph, Murray, […]

20 September 2010 The statement below was released today by the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation, announcing that David Beckham will launch a football festival in Trinidad this weekend. This highlights the influence of Beckham as a tool in the bid for England to win the right to stage the 2018 World Cup. A key […]

14 September 2010 Blimey: it’s now a full 10 years since the Sydney Olympics, which opened on 15 September 2000 with a ceremony where Cathy Freeman lit the flame. In an interview in The Australian (edition 15 Sep, online now) to mark that anniversary, the athlete who became an icon for a Games memorable for […]

14 September 2010 A troubling but absorbing article in The New York Times (linked here) tells the story of Owen Thomas, a University of Pennsylvania football (gridiron) player, who hanged himself in April. He had no previous history of depression but a new autopsy on his brain tissue has found he was suffering from chronic […]