By Nick Harris 19 October 2010 Fifa’s ethics committee, chaired by Switzerland’s Claudio Sulser, will convene on Wednesday for a meeting that will consider whether to sack two Fifa Executive Committe (ExCo) members – Amos Adamu of Nigeria, and Tahiti’s Reynald Temarii  – implicated in alleged deals to sell their 2018 and 2022 Word Cup hosting votes, […]

By Nick Harris 19 October 2010 The Manchester united Supporters Trust (MUST) has responded to the news that Wayne Rooney wants to leave the club, with a spokesman saying he is “disappointed”, and that “we still hold out hope that the situation can be resolved.” MUST also use the development to highlight concerns over the ownership […]

By Nick Harris 19 October 2010 Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed first-hand that Wayne Rooney has told the club he wants to quit, and that he has known since August, and that Rooney has reiterated his position since. In an interview with MUTV, Ferguson said talks about a contract extension had begun before the World […]

By Nick Harris 18 October 2010 Wayne Rooney could put pressure on Manchester United to sell him by invoking Article 17 of Fifa’s transfer laws and unilaterally quitting his contract next summer. The so-called ‘Webster ruling’ allowed Scotland’s Andy Webster to quit Hearts for Wigan in 2006, a decision ratified by the Court for Arbitration […]

By Nick Harris 18 October 2010 Two of the key figures in the company that now owns Liverpool, John W Henry and Tom Werner of NESV, will meet with Roy Hodgson today, Monday, to start planning for the future and reassure him that he will be given some time to turn around a poor start […]

By Nick Harris 17 October 2010 As a Fifa investigation gets underway into reports in the Sunday Times (subscription, BBC story here) that two Fifa Executive Committee members were apparently prepared to sell their 2018 and 2022 World Cup hosting votes, the scope of the inquiry is likely to move beyond the responses of those ExCo […]

By Nick Harris 17 October 2010 The latest edition of longest race in the world of sport got underway today as the five solo sailors in the Velux 5 Oceans set off from Rochelle in France on round-the-world journeys they hope will carry them more than 30,000 miles over the next nine months. At the […]

By Nick Harris 17 October 2010 Andy Murray rubber-stamped his return to form with a straight-sets thrashing of Roger Federer in the final of the Shanghai Masters today – not that you’d know it from his Twitter feed. There was no mention at all of the sixth Masters title of his career, or that fact […]

By Nick Harris 15 October 2010 With the sale of Liverpool to NESV complete and John W Henry, one of the world’s leading sports tycoons, promising ahead of this weekend’s Merseyside derby to restore the club to its former glories, sportingintelligence can reveal Tom Hicks and George Gillett’s legal battle for $1.6bn compensation is likely […]

15 October 2010 . JOINT STATEMENT FROM NEW ENGLAND SPORTS VENTURES AND LIVERPOOL FOOTBALL CLUB New England Sports Ventures (NESV) today announces that it has completed the purchase of Liverpool Football Club. NESV wishes to extend its sincere gratitude to the Board of Liverpool FC for their diligence and their efforts on behalf of the […]