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  • Iconic Monday night (NFL) football coming to ESPN in the UK

    29 March 2010 ESPN will add exclusive coverage of the NFL’s ‘Monday Night Football’ to its TV schedules in the UK from September. Viewers of ESPN – which has been growing its pay-TV base by acquiring live Premier League rights in recent times – will be able to see 17 games per season. More here […]

  • Eriksson: ‘I’m relishing Ivory Coast challenge’

    By Nick Harris 29 March 2010 Sven Goran Eriksson has said this morning that he is “relishing” the prospect of managing the Ivory Coast at this summer’s World Cup in South Africa, telling sportingintelligence: “I’m absolutely delighted to have this opportunity, and I’m very much relishing the chance to go to my third World Cup […]

  • Eriksson’s Elephants on collision course with England

    By Pete Wilson 28 March 2010 Sven Goran Eriksson landed his fifth job in four years this evening when he signed a contract to manage the Ivory Coast, aka Les Elephants, at this summer’s World Cup in South Africa, where the West African nation could face England in the semi-finals or final. Eriksson was the […]

  • Yankees on top in global pay review, Premier League in the shade

    By Nick Harris 28 March 2010 The New York Yankees are the best-paid team in global sport measured by average first-team wages, ahead of Real Madrid, Barcelona, Chelsea and basketball’s Dallas Mavericks, according to the inaugural Annual Review of Global Sports Salaries (ARGSS), to be published this week by sportingintelligence. The average first-team pay at […]

  • Record-seeking Briton chases second place after German wins 1,000-mile run

    By Nick Harris 27 March 2010 Britain’s foremost ultra-distance runner, William Sichel, is this afternoon involved in a head-to-head battle for second place in a rarely-staged 1,000-mile run after the race was won earlier today by a German, Wolfgang Schwerk, in 11 days, 23 hours, 18 minutes and 32 seconds. As sportingintelligence has previously reported, […]

  • Four more Italian football games under ‘match-fix’ scrutiny this weekend

    By Nick Harris 26 March 2010 (NB: Story update on 27 March at the bottom). Anti-corruption investigators will be paying close attention to four particular matches in Italy’s Serie B this weekend after betting was suspended by most bookmakers earlier today on two games amid rumours of fixed draws, while betting on two further games […]

  • Red Knights: ‘No move or bid for United this season’

    By Nick Harris 26 March 2010 The Red Knights group that has ambitions to buy Manchester United from the Glazer family has this morning issued a statement saying it does not expect to finalise its proposal for any bid for the club this season. The aim of group, led by the United fan and Goldman […]

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