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Andy Roddick foot fault prompts debate on tennis challenge system

By Alexandra Willis 2 September 2010 Another controversial foot fault at the US Open at Flushing Meadows has prompted calls for tennis to extend the Hawk-Eye challenge system to include foot faults. One year on from the explosive incident that saw Serena Williams docked...

Manchester City keep Premier League as biggest spenders; Serie A pips La Liga

By Nick Harris 1 September 2010 The Premier League's 20 clubs have spent less on transfer fees collectively this summer (around £382m) than in any summer window for four years, but England's elite remain comfortably ahead of the Europe's other major leagues in spending,...

Trick shots attracting fans as Roger Federer leads by example in the Big Apple

By Alexandra Willis 1 September 2010 . Roger Federer is winning back fans alienated by his bitter demeanour at Wimbledon after producing another thrilling between-the-legs trick shot during his first round victory over Brian Dabul at the US Open in New York. The shot, which...

REVEALED: Tottenham’s Gareth Bale is the world’s most in-demand footballer (followed by Chelsea’s Drogba, Newcastle’s Carroll and United’s Rooney)

By Nick Harris 1 September 2010 The Premier League’s official fantasy football game has registered more than two million users in more than 200 countries already this season to cement its place as most popular fantasy football (soccer) game in history, according to an...

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THE SPORTS LAWYER: ‘The Pakistan spot-fixing saga highlights difficulties of dealing with defamation that can be global in minutes’

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

Revealed: the world’s best selling club football shirts

By Alex Miller 31 August 2010 As sportingintelligence reports elsewhere today, a leading German sports market research company has provided us with the findings of its detailed...

Coventry did it first, Newcastle did it best in the 1990s, Sheffield Wednesday did it, Manchester United aren’t great at it, and Chelsea are alone in doing it this season

By Brian Sears 27 August 2010 Ideas, ideas. Where do they come from? Sometimes they are obvious, having six six six appeal. Other times they arise in the strangest...

Sync or swim: ‘Patrick Kielty and Davina McCall squabbled over who’d tweet a picture of the girls in their swimsuits. And Natalie Imbruglia just told the girls they were amazing.’

By Charlotte Smith 26 August 2010 The 2012 London Olympics will be a sensational experience for tens of thousands of talented athletes from around the globe, but...

Kenny Huang’s meteoric rise from obscurity to Liverpool bidder (or not)

By Nick Harris 24 August 2010 When the first breathless reports emerged that Kenny Huang, “billionaire sports mogul” (or some such description), owner of an NBA team...

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THE SPORTS LAWYER: ‘The Pakistan spot-fixing saga highlights difficulties of dealing with defamation that can be global in minutes’

* THE SPORTS LAWYER is actually a posse of Britain's brightest...

Pakistan spot-fixing: The exposé’s aim might have been noble, but the Lord’s fixing was ordered and paid for by a newspaper

By Nick Harris 31 August 2010 The News of the World’s front...

Kenny Huang’s meteoric rise from obscurity to Liverpool bidder (or not)

By Nick Harris 24 August 2010 When the first breathless reports emerged...

ALEX WILLIS: ‘The announcement that Serena Williams will not be competing at this year’s US Open was greeted with a mixture of bafflement, befuzzlement, and surprise. But there was also a collective sigh of relief’

ALEXANDRA WILLIS is the Deputy Editor of ACE Tennis...