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By Pete Wilson 27 May 2010 Jose Mourinho is likely to make summer bids to take Liverpool’s Steven Gerrard and Chelsea’s Ashley Cole to Real Madrid, where he is about to start work after winning the Champions League with Internazionale. Cole has endured recent upheaval in his personal life and is going through a divorce […]

26 May 2010 Tim Howard of Everton, Brad Guzan of Aston Villa and Marcus Hahnemann of Wolverhampton Wanderers are the three goalkeepers named today in the USA’s final 23-man squad for the World Cup. All ply their trade in the English Premier League, and English clubs contribute eight players altogether. The full story is on […]

26 May 2010 A global poll of 74 economists by Reuters has found Spain are the favourites to win the World Cup, followed by Brazil. Of those taking part, 24 tipped Spain and 23 Brazil, says the news agency. Reuters acknowledge that economists are not very good at predicting World Cup winners; a similar poll in […]

By Pete Wilson 26 May 2010 Rafael Benitez has been installed as the 7-2 bookmakers’ favourite to be the next Premier League manager to leave his job, in a market priced by William Hill as “the sack race”. “There is already speculation about the long-term future of a number of Prem bosses, but we think […]

By Nick Harris 26 May 2010 Liverpool’s former owner David Moores says in a letter to The Times today: “I hugely regret selling the club to George Gillett and Tom Hicks.” The letter, more than 3,100 words of it (below), was written to The Times‘ football editor, Tony Evans, and is a stonking bona fide […]

By Pete Wilson 25 May 2010 It would be the most sensational football transfer of the summer, certainly in Scotland and possibly in Europe, but the Scottish Sun claims today that Celtic are preparing to offer the mercurial Rangers and Scotland striker Kris Boyd a £1m signing-on fee plus £30,000 a week to cross the […]

16 May 2010 Lord Triesman will step down as the head of England’s bid team for the 2018 World Cup after suggesting in a private conversation – taped by an acquaintance and sold to the Mail on Sunday – that Spain and Russia would collude to ensure corrupt referees took part at this summer’s World […]

7 May 2010 Togo will be allowed to play in future editions of the African Nations Cup following an agreement between the African federation (CAF) and the Togo FA, mediated by the Court for Arbitration in Sport. CAF said Togo warranted a ban because they pulled out of this year’s event after members of their […]

6 May 2010 The Premier League has used corporate intelligence firms to look at the ownership structure of financially-stricken Portsmouth. Sportingintelligence’s editor, Nick Harris, who is also a sports writer and investigative reporter for The Independent newspaper, filed this piece for The Indie today. The key deal under scrutiny was how Pompey passed into – […]

5 May 2010 Martina Hingis, who retired from the WTA Tour in 2007 after testing postive for cocaine, and Anna Kournikova, who retired in 2003 due to injury, will team up to play in the women’s Senior Doubles at this year’s Wimbledon Championships. The pair who are former doubles partners on the WTA Tour won two […]