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Serena Williams tops ‘bad girls’ fines list as secret sanctions revealed

By Sportingintelligence 23 January 2012 SERENA Williams, eliminated from the Australian Open on Monday after losing her fourth-round match against Ekaterina Makarova in straight sets, has today been revealed at the most heavily fined player in women's tennis. The 30-year-old American, who has won 13...

EUROPE’S best young footballers: 50 ‘under-21s’ making waves in ‘big five’ leagues

By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 23 January 2012 A new demographic study of European football, published today by the CIES Football Observatory in Switzerland, contains detailed analysis of 12,410 footballers at 500 clubs in the top divisions of 33 European...

OFFICIAL: Premier League beats Bundesliga on ‘club-trained’ players as Serie A flops

By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 23 January 2012 The 20 clubs in England’s Premier League are using more ‘club-trained’ players in the 2011-12 season than their counterparts in the top division of Germany’s Bundesliga, a new study shows. Given that the...

NEW STUDY: Russian Premier League rapidly closing gap on Europe’s ‘Big Five’

By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 23 January 2012 Clubs in the Russian Premier League, a 16-team division awash with plutocratic ‘new money’, especially from the oil sector, are rapidly closing the gap in quality between themselves and leading clubs from...
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The Sports Lawyer

THE SPORTS LAWYER is actually a posse of Britain’s brightest lawyers, from the Sport & Media team at the UK law firm, Thomas Eggar, who...

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The Arab Spring, Libya and the African Cup of Nations: The effect of revolution and unrest has been to inspire, unite and embolden

. Matthew Barrett studied history at Oxford University, concentrating on the relationship between sport, politics and war in the twentieth century. He currently works in sports...

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FEDERER: So popular (and rich) he got votes in election he didn’t enter

* Never mind Lady Gaga, Oprah Winfrey and Justin Bieber. The Queen of England, the Pope and Barack Obama also trail ROGER FEDERER in a list of the...

Lendl 1984

‘Ivan Lendl should instill in Andy Murray the will to win when it matters most’

** JOHN ROBERTS wrote for the Daily Express, The Guardian, the Daily Mail and The Independent, where he was the tennis correspondent for 20 years. He collaborated with Bill Shankly on...

Villa PL points

Villa look to kick-start season by chewing up most generous Toffees

Brian Sears 13 January 2012 Aston Villa are having a mediocre season when it comes to gaining points; just 23 from 20 games. Villa have only known...

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‘Ivan Lendl should instill in Andy Murray the will to win when it matters most’

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Sport in 2012: glory for Murray, Manchester, Germany, London, TeamGB and Tiger

By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 1 January...