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		<title>IN FULL: Craig Whyte statement on Rangers &#8211; &#8216;I&#8217;ll gift majority of shares to fans if I survive&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sportingintelligence.com/2012/02/21/in-full-craig-whyte-statement-on-rangers-ill-gift-majority-of-shares-to-fans-if-i-survive-210202/</link>
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		<title>Revealed: Whyte and Ticketus meet Rangers administrators, confirm source of funds</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 &#38; Phelps at their London offices in Portman Square (below) yesterday, Sportingintelligence [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sportingintelligence.com/2012/02/21/revealed-whyte-and-ticketus-meet-rangers-administrators-confirm-source-of-takeover-funds-210201/</link>
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		<title>RANGERS: Whyte ‘ignored settlement advice’, chances of regaining control recede</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sportingintelligence.com/2012/02/19/rangers-crisis-whyte-%e2%80%98ignored-settlement-advice%e2%80%99-chances-of-regaining-control-recede-190201/</link>
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		<title>The most boring teams in Premier League history? Fulham, Coventry, Leeds, Aston Villa, Sheffield United &#8230; and Stoke</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Brian Sears 17 February 2012  A blank Premier League weekend leaves a statistician with no top-flight matches to get statistically steamed up about. No goals will be scored, and none conceded as England&#8217;s top level takes a break for the FA Cup. Don&#8217;t get me wrong, I know all too well that football exists outside of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sportingintelligence.com/2012/02/17/the-most-boring-teams-in-premier-league-history-fulham-coventry-leeds-villa-sheff-utd-and-stoke0170201/</link>
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		<title>Liverpool still ahead of Manchester United in all-time trophy haul</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 17 February 2012 A story about Liverpool fan Lenny Woods&#8217; impending latest trip of many to Wembley to watch his club Liverpool prompted a lively Twitter debate about whether his 33 trips there to watch his club was a record. Liverpool have in fact played [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sportingintelligence.com/2012/02/17/liverpool-still-ahead-of-manchester-united-in-all-time-trophy-haul-170201/</link>
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		<title>RANGERS CRISIS: Mystery deepens over Whyte links to former jailbird associates</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 15 February 2012 Two business associates of the beleagured Rangers owner Craig Whyte, both of whom have served time in prison for financial offences, have spoken about their links to Whyte, but have raised more questions than answers in the process, particularly in relation to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sportingintelligence.com/2012/02/15/exclusive-rangers-mystery-deepens-over-whyte-links-to-former-jailbird-associate-150201/</link>
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		<title>Football titles world league: Rangers top, but who is most dominant?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 14 February 2012 Rangers, giants of Scottish football for almost as long as the game has been played there, have entered financial administration as a result of an outstanding tax case. A much-quoted statistic over the past 24 hours is that Rangers have won more [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sportingintelligence.com/2012/02/14/football-titles-world-league-rangers-top-but-who-is-most-dominant-140201/</link>
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		<title>ALEX WILLIS: &#8216;The Spanish are reeling at the Spitting Image-esque doping slurs&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[* ALEXANDRA WILLIS is a multimedia tennis journalist who flits between the All England Club, SportingIntelligence, the TennisSpace and a few other outlets, while tweeting copiously and trying to improve her backhand in her spare time. If you happen to bump into her court-side, she’ll probably tell you that she went to Oxford (and not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sportingintelligence.com/2012/02/13/alex-willis-the-spanish-are-reeling-at-the-spitting-image-esque-doping-slurs-130201/</link>
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		<title>EXCLUSIVE: Djokovic, Nadal, Federer &#8211; as close to perfection as tennis has ever been</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 13 February 2012 The three-way rivalry in men’s tennis between Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer is the closest to perfection the sport has ever seen, according to new analysis by Sportingintelligence of every result in the 175 men’s singles Grand Slam tournaments of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sportingintelligence.com/2012/02/13/exclusive-djokovic-nadal-federer-as-close-to-perfection-as-tennis-has-ever-been-130201/</link>
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		<title>Man City visit Villa, their most profitable opponents, riding crest of points wave</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Brian Sears 10 February 2012 Manchester City visit Villa Park on Sunday 12 points better off after 24 games than ever before in their Premier League history. City&#8217;s previous best at this stage of a season was the 45 points from 24 games last season when they finished third. They have 57 now. As City&#8217;s circumstances [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sportingintelligence.com/2012/02/10/man-city-visit-villa-their-most-profitable-opponents-riding-crest-of-points-wave-100202/</link>
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