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By Keira Daley 8 June 2010 This isn’t quite the first World Cup of the digital or even social networking ages, but it is the first of the Twit-era, as in the first when Twitter will be used, not just as a medium for exchange of views by fans during games, but by players. Some […]

By Keira Daley 7 June 2010 The Roland Garros Trophy has left French soil today for the first time ever and will be exclusively displayed at The Queen’s Club for the duration of the Aegon Championships this week, for which BNP Paribas is an official sponsor. La Coupe Des Mousquetaires (The Musketeers’ Trophy) is the trophy awarded to the […]

By Nick Harris 2 June 2010 The Rafael Benitez era at Liverpool is over after he was offered £3m to walk away and was told his position was untenable. A large number of the club’s fans will be appalled by the effective ultimatum that Benitez was given, but sources have told sportingintelligence this evening: Benitez […]

By Keira Daley 2 June 2010 The Hollywood heart-throb Brad Pitt has today accepted an invitation from the US Soccer Federation to join the board of directors for the USA’s bid to stage the World Cup in 2018 or 2022. The full story is online at the USSS website and the move is sure to […]

By Pete Wilson 2 June 2010 Barcelona have confirmed via their official website that they have now made a formal offer to buy Cesc Fabregas from Arsenal. The Spanish club’s director general, Joan Oliver said: “Everybody knows that Cesc wants to sign for Barca and that we also want him to come here, but there […]

By Pete Wilson 1 June 2010 . England’s 23-man World Cup has been confirmed this afternoon and sportingintelligence brought it to you first, both here and in a Tweet two hours before official confirmation. After all the rumours, chatter and betting market moves, the squad is revealed to be (those omitted from the 30-man squad […]

By Keira Daley 1 June 2010 West Ham United’s South African striker, Benni McCarthy, his country’s all-time leading goal scorer with 31 goals for Bafana Bafana from 79 senior caps, has surprisingly been left out of the host nation’s 23-man squad for the World Cup. The 32-year-old forward spent much of the run-in to West […]

By Pete Wilson 1 June 2010 The European managerial merry-go-round cranked into a higher gear this morning as Internazionale prepared themselves for a formal rejection of their overtures to England’s manager Fabio Capello. The Inter president, Massimo Moratti, has made it clear in recent days that he wanted to talk to Capello about succeeding Jose Mourinho. […]

1 June 2010 Three British-based players – Manchester United’s Park Ji-Sung, Celtic’s Ki Sung-Yueng and Bolton’s Lee Chung-Yong are among eight midfielders named today in South Korea’s final 23-man squad for the World Cup. The squad, nicknamed the ‘Taeguk Warriors’, was announced at the Korean training base in Neustift, Austria, by the coach, Huh Jung-Moo, and details […]

By Nick Harris 27 May 2010 Scotland’s manager Craig Levein today became the second high-profile Scottish manager in recent weeks to pass his apparently sincere good wishes to England for this summer’s World Cup. As sportingintelligence reported last month, Birmingham’s manager, Alex McLeish, a former Scotland manager, said he would “love it” if England lifted […]