By Nick Harris 31 August 2010 The News of the World’s front page headline on 9 May (below) said ‘Higgins bet on himself to LOSE’ (NotW’s capitals), which might have suggested to some readers that the Higgins in question – John Higgins, the world No1 snooker player – had bet on himself to lose. In […]

By Brian Sears 27 August 2010 Hitting opponents for six has been a topic of the season, with four 6-0 scorelines already, two of them by Chelsea. And according to sportingintelligence analysis of high-scoring games in the Premier League since 1992, those two 6-0s mean Chelsea have overtaken Manchester United at the head of the […]

By Nick Harris 26 August 2010 Fifa’s inspection of England’s proposed facilities for the 2018 World Cup ended today in praise, and with reassurance that not seeing a Premier League game and not getting to meet the Prime Minister would not harm England’s chances of staging the event. David Cameron is on holiday, and his […]

By Pete Wilson 26 August 2010 The Champions League draw for the group stage has taken place in Switzerland, and not for first time Manchester United find themselves in a ‘Battle of Britain’ group with Rangers. In the 2003-04 season, United won 3-0 and 1-0 at this stage, but went only as far as losing […]

By Nick Harris 26 August 2010 The NFL’s official approval for the US billionaire Stan Kroenke to take full control of the St Louis Rams will see control of other key American sports assets pass into the hands of his son, Josh, and provides the second sign within a fortnight that no full takeover at […]

By Nick Harris 25 August 2010 Kenny Huang’s questionable credibility as ever being a serious bidder for Liverpool has taken a further knock today with a claim by his Chicago-based business partner, Marc Ganis, that they never actually made a bid for the club.  “There was never a formal proposal submitted by us to the […]

SPORTINGINTELLIGENCE INVESTIGATION By Nick Harris 24 August 2010 The credibility of Liverpool’s would-be saviour Kenny Huang is thrown into further doubt today with revelations that he has a history of making claims about his background and business interests that swing between exaggeration and falsehood. Huang has been hailed as Liverpool’s would-be saviour in some quarters […]

By Nick Harris 23 August 2010 Kenny Huang requested a period of exclusivity for his putative bid for Liverpool but was denied it after failing to satisfy some key requirements to gain such exclusivity, sportingintelligence understands. Huang withdrew from the running for Liverpool on Friday without providing any reason. It has been reported that he […]

By Nick Harris 22 August 2010 The Premier League’s status as the world’s most popular sports league is underlined by new research by sportingintelligence, published for the first time today, that shows how the League’s income from selling its TV rights in foreign markets puts every other league in the shade. The research is published […]

By Nick Harris 20 August 2010 Kenny Huang has pulled out of the running as a potential bidder for Liverpool. The New York-based Chinese businessman released a statement this evening (below) to that effect, although he did not provide reasons as to why he was pulling out. He said he had a plan to provide […]