Ahsan Ali Syed, a one-time bidder for Blackburn Rovers, is experiencing trouble at his Spanish club Racing Santander amid ongoing claims of massive corruption elsewhere in his business empire. The report linked here from Bloomberg is a good update while the knock-on effects for a New Zealand business tycoon are dealt with in the story […]

By Nick Harris 1 November 2010 The Indian businessman Ahsan Ali Syed has withdrawn his interest in buying Blackburn Rovers, saying he has “not received sufficient cooperation from the club’s representatives.” A statement released on his behalf today adds: “He remains committed to acquiring a leading football club should the right opportunity arise but in […]

By Nick Harris 19 August 2010 Ahsan Ali Syed, the Bahrain-based Indian businessman who says he wants to buy Blackburn Rovers, describes himself in his company’s 2009 annual report as a “Dreamer, Visionary, Navigator and Leader”. That report, for Western Gulf Advisory AG, which describes itself as “a self-sustaining investment and asset management company”, can […]

By Sportingintelligence 15 February 2011 . Match-fixing and betting-related corruption have been cited in recent years by various senior sports figures as the biggest threat to sport in the near future. Michel Platini, the head of Uefa, has said so numerous times now, including in this interview from November 2010, when he said: “To fix […]