By Nick Harris EXCLUSIVE 26 July 2010 The so-called ‘match fix’ case against the world’s No1 snooker player, John Higgins, which began in a blaze of global publicity on 2 May after a News of the World entrapment sting, will reach a conclusion with a tribunal hearing in early September, sportingintelligence can reveal. The hearing, […]

By Nick Harris 25 June 2010 The world No1 snooker player John Higgins and his business partner Pat Mooney will find out next week what disciplinary charges they will face as a result of match fixing allegations made against them last month by the News of the World. The paper alleged in its edition on […]

By Nick Harris 18 June 2010 A second analysis of the News of the World video purporting to show the world No1 snooker player, John Higgins, agreeing to lose frames for cash has concluded that sections of the film have been ‘pasted together’, leading to a misrepresentation of events. A forensic musicologist, using specialist equipment […]

By Nick Harris 8 June 2010 Along with the many 2010 World Cup articles about the first match in Group C – between England and the USA on Saturday – there have been, and will be, plenty of references to the famous, fabulous occasion when the USA beat England 1-0 at the 1950 World Cup. No […]

By Nick Harris 18 May 2010 As snooker’s governing body, the WPBSA, continues its inquiry into claims by the News of the World that John Higgins agreed to fix frames, a new analysis of the video evidence against Higgins published by the NotW suggests the footage has not only been cut and edited without full […]

By Nick Harris 13 May 2010 The Football Association will review how the Gambling Commission handled and dropped a suspected case of match-fixing before deciding whether to proceed with its own action after both bodies were lambasted as “inept” and labelled a “total disgrace” by a senior official from one of the clubs involved. The […]

. [Update on 8 May, at 9.15am uk time. This story contains links to a fake website used in the News of the World sting. That website is no longer ‘live’, as of this morning, funnily enough. As part of sportingintelligence’s initial look at how the sting was arranged, we screen-saved the fake website, and […]

By Nick Harris 2 May 2010 An investigation by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association into allegations that the world No1, John Higgins, agreed to accept money to lose frames is likely to start and end with the WPBSA and is unlikely to involve the Gambling Commission, let alone the police, sportingintelligence understands. The Commission […]

By Nick Harris 22 April 2010 Britain will hold a general election on Thursday 6 May. The current Labour government under PM Gordon Brown will either retain power or be replaced by David Cameron’s Conservative Party or Nick Clegg’s Liberal Democrats. Another scenario is a hung parliament and a power-sharing regime; key posts could be […]

15 April 2010 The BBC have run an interesting story today about developments in a case related to alleged match-fixing in snooker. The report coincides with a Radio 5 programme about snooker and fixing. The report is here, and it’s worth a read, and here’s a taster from the top: “Snooker players Jamie Burnett and […]