By Sportingintelligence 21 February 2012 Craig Whyte, the beleagured former owner of Rangers, has today issued the statement below, published in full, admitting he repaid the Lloyds bank loan at the heart of his takeover with cash leveraged against future ticket sales. The wide-ranging statement, published here verbatim, also claims that Whyte wants to gift […]
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Revealed: Whyte and Ticketus meet Rangers administrators, confirm source of funds
By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 21 February 2012 Craig Whyte, the absent former owner of Rangers whose takeover and nine-month period of control at Ibrox is currently under investigation, broke cover to hold a meeting with administrators Duff & Phelps at their London offices in Portman Square (below) yesterday, Sportingintelligence […]
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RANGERS: Whyte ‘ignored settlement advice’, chances of regaining control recede
By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 19 February 2012 Craig Whyte, the controversial businessman at the heart of the crisis enveloping Rangers, ignored advice given to him last May about how he could settle some of the club’s disputes with HMRC, Sportingintelligence can reveal. Rather than follow a plan which might […]
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RANGERS CRISIS: Mystery deepens over Whyte links to former jailbird associate
By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 15 February 2012 Two business associates of the beleagured Rangers owner Craig Whyte have spoken about their links to Whyte, but have raised more questions than answers in the process, particularly in relation to the role one of them has played in the Rangers takeover […]
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As Mayweather prepares for Canelo: the lessons and perils of boxing’s lethal secret
* Boxing’s 24-hour weigh-in lets fighters “boil down” for weigh-in day then pile the weight back on before the fight. It encourages extreme dehydration, leaving those who do it susceptible to heat stroke, heart failure, increased risk of brain damage and death. Little has been done adequately to investigate the subject, which is one reason […]
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Money, FCB, LFC, BRFC, RFC, tax, tennis & more: The most read pieces in 2012
By Sportingintelligence 31 December 2012 From everyone at Sportingintelligence to every who has taken time to visit the site and read any single piece we’ve produced in 2012, thank you. Wishing you all a healthy and prosperous, and robustly opinionated new year, here are the stories on this website most read in the past 12 […]
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Rangers latest: administrators make weekend ‘stay of execution’ call on job losses
By Sportingintelligence 2 March 2012 The statement below has just been issued (5.50pm) by Duff & Phelps, administrators for Rangers, confirming job cut decisions have been postponed until after the weekend. Duff & Phelps also confirm here legal action being taken to freeze monies in various accounts while taking other action to rescue the club. […]
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Rangers administrator’s search for missing cash key to minimising job losses
By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 26 February 2012 RANGERS’ administrators are in a race against time to trace multiple secret six-figure payments made by the Craig Whyte regime to associates and related parties during his time at Ibrox, Sportingintelligence can reveal, and the success or otherwise of that task will […]
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