By Nick Harris 17 March 2010 Portsmouth have this morning been docked nine points for entering administration, formalising a procedure that was inevitable after their financial meltdown. A statement just released by the Premier League says: “Following the High Court’s decision that Portsmouth FC’s administration is valid the Premier League Board convened today to apply the […]

By Nick Harris 16 March 2010 Tiger Woods’ return to competitive golf on 8 April at The Masters, confirmed today on the player’s website, will be greeted with relief by TV companies anticipating record viewing figures, but it has yet to have a discernible effect on ticket prices on the secondary market. Woods is the […]

By Nick Harris 16 March 2010 A British ultra-distance runner who is hoping to become the first man in more than a decade to finish a 1,000-mile race had covered 97.56 miles (157km) in his first 24 hours, by midday today UK time, or 2pm local time in Athens, where the attempt is being made. […]

By Nick Harris 16 March 2010 Fifa has launched a preemptive strike against those who might seek to corrupt the bidding process to stage the 2018 and 2022 World Cup tournaments with bribes by writing to remind all the bidding nations “that they have signed regulations to respect fair play in this contest”. The World […]

15 March 2010 David Beckham will miss the World Cup this summer after tearing his Achilles tendon playing for Milan against Chievo last night. The BBC report here provides details, plus Ian Dennis’s assessment that Beckham’s England career is also now over. Beckham is on loan at Milan only because of his fierce desire to […]

By Nick Harris 14 March 2010 Liverpool’s co-owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett are not interested in selling 40 per cent of Liverpool for as little as £120m at the moment, sportingintelligence has been told by a well-placed source today, and this suggests that no quick deal is on the cards following interest from a […]

By Nick Harris 12 March 2010 Sir Stirling Moss, who is recovering in hospital after breaking six bones in an accident at his home, has today tipped Germany’s Sebastian Vettel to win the 2010 Formula One driver’s championship, and says that he has placed a bet on him to do so. The new season gets […]

By Nick Harris 11 March 2010 EXCLUSIVE Nick Bollettieri believes the current crisis in British tennis has “deep cultural and historical roots” and that “there’s even an argument that Britain is not a tennis nation.” The veteran American coach, who has helped a record 10 players to reach No1 in the world, including Andre Agassi […]

ALEXANDRA WILLIS is the Deputy Editor of ACE Tennis Magazine, and alongside mag work and an affair with social media, has the dubious honour of following British players to Grand Slam qualifying from time to time as part of her professional duties. If you happen to bump into her court-side, she’ll probably tell you that she went […]

By Nick Harris 10 March As least two potential investors in Liverpool are stalling on making offers for a share in the club in the expectation that Rafael Benitez’s team will fail to qualify for next season’s Champions League, forcing the current owners, Tom Hicks and George Gillett, to make a cut-price deal in the […]