By Nick Harris 13 October 2010 Tom Hicks and George Gillett, who lost their legal action today in London to stop the sale of Liverpool to New England Sports Ventures, have now taken legal action in Texas to attempt to block the sale. Accusing Liverpool’s “independent” board members (ie: the three English members), as well […]

* By Nick Harris 15 October 2010 With Liverpool’s ownership dispute settled, another American owner of a Premier League club is about to start reshaping a club, and that’s not a bad thing according to at least one expert interviewed elsewhere on sportingintelligence. The move by John W Henry of the Boston Red Sox into English […]

By Nick Harris 13 October 2010 America has finally woken up to the power of football, and that’s the reason for the global expansion of sporting tycoons’ interests. So says Professor Chris Brady, the dean of the BPP Business School in London, an expert in sports business who has spent years studying the major American […]

JOHN ROBERTS wrote for the Daily Express, The Guardian, the Daily Mail and The Independent, where he was the tennis correspondent for 20 years. He collaborated with Bill Shankly on the Liverpool manager’s autobiography, ghosted Kevin Keegan’s first book, and has written books on George Best, Manchester United’s Busby Babes (The Team That Wouldn’t Die) and Everton (The Official Centenary […]

By Keira Daley 13 October 2010 Tom Daley, the 16-year-old British No1 diver and the reigning 10m platforn world champion, has won his second gold medal of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, triumphing in the 10m solo event. He had already triumphed in the 10m synchro with Max Brick. The significance of today’s victory is […]

Statement from Peter Lim 13 October 2010 The following statement has just been issued on behalf of Peter Lim: Peter Lim, commenting on the judgement this morning said: “I welcome the decision of the Court.  The way is now clear for the Board to sell the Club. I have delivered my Offer to the  Board and […]

By Pete Wilson 13 October 2010 Liverpool’s chairman Martin Broughton gave an interview after emerging from Court 18 in the Royal Courts of Justice in London this morning following the ruling in the RBS v Hicks & others case. He said he was “delighted” and said the board will now seek legal advice on whether […]

By Nick Harris 13 October 2010 The ownership battle for control of Liverpool is at an end after Mr Justice Floyd ruled in the High Court this morning that the board led by Martin Broughton was within its rights to sell the club last week. Tom Hicks and George Gillett were denied an immediate right […]

By Nick Harris 12 October 2010 A ruling on whether Martin Broughton and his “independent” Liverpool board colleagues were entitled to agree a sale of the club last week to New England Sports Ventures is expected tomorrow by Mr Justice Floyd following a day of High Court twists and turns in London. A blow-by-blow account […]

By Alexandra Willis 12 October 2010 Rafael Nadal has poured cold water over the suggestion that he is nigh on certain of becoming the first man since Rod Laver to complete the calendar Grand Slam. Speaking at a press conference during the ATP World Tour Shanghai Rolex Masters 1000,  the world No.1 reminded members of […]