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  • Briton braces for ‘step into unknown’ in 1,000-mile run

    By Nick Harris 9 March 2010 Britain’s most successful ultra-marathon runner has told sportingintelligence today that he is about to “step into the unknown” as he tries to become the first man in more than a decade to finish a 1,000-mile running race. William Sichel, 56, is an Englishman with Scottish roots who lives on […]

  • Football League crowds head for 50-year high thanks to Newcastle and Norwich

    By Brian Sears 9 March 2010 English football crowds outside the Premier League are on course to defy the worst recession in decades and hit a 50-year high, with large credit due to the Championship table-toppers, Newcastle United, and their League One counterparts, Norwich City. According to statistical projections by sportingintelligence, crowds in the Football […]

  • Modi: “We had three ‘valid’ bids for new IPL teams with $100m guarantees each”

    By Nick Harris 8 March 2010 EXCLUSIVE The Indian Premier League’s bungled auction yesterday of two new franchises, on sale for at least $225m each (£149m), was not the total failure it initially appeared, sportingintelligence can reveal, with the IPL’s chairman, Lalit Modi, telling this website today that the IPL received three “valid” bids for […]

  • Revealed: Villa’s £50m transfers and £2.4m salaries

    By Nick Harris 7 March 2010 Aston Villa’s transfer spending since the start of last summer has been bigger than assumed and has probably been close to £50m in that period. A note in the most recent accounts of Villa’s parent company, Reform Acquisitions Limited, which were released just before the weekend, says the “net […]

  • Brundle tips ‘acrobatic’ Hamilton to beat ‘struggler’ team-mate Button

    By Nick Harris 6 March 2010 Martin Brundle has tipped Lewis Hamilton to come out on top in the team-mate power struggle with compatriot Jenson Button at McLaren during the forthcoming F1 season because Hamilton is “acrobatic” whereas Button “really struggles if the car’s not purring.” Brundle, a former Formula 1 driver who will be a key […]

  • Head of British cycling says Wiggins can win 2010 Tour

    By Nick Harris 6 March 2010 Dave Brailsford, the man who transformed Britain’s cyclists into the strongest track cycling nation in the world, believes his recent diversification into professional road racing could pay dividends as early as this summer with a win for Bradley Wiggins in the 2010 Tour de France. “The Tour De France […]

  • Red Knight fever helps MUST race to 100,000 members

    By Nick Harris 3 March 2010 The global publicity attracted by yesterday’s news that the Red Knight group have started exploratory talks to raise money to try to buy Manchester United has helped membership of the Manchester United Supporters’ Trust (MUST) to more than double, and has now smashed through the 100,000 barrier. A month […]

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