Nick Harris: Manchester United to top rich league again with half a billion
Manchester United are on course to reclaim the title of the richest club in the world, with an income of half a billion pounds within the next few years. The rise is thanks to a leap in TV and...
View ArticleLondon 2012 Olympics chiefs told athletes to cash in
Peter Wilson has revealed Britain’s gold medallists at London 2012 were advised by their Olympic bosses to cash in on their fame by charging up to £10,000 a time for appearances.
View ArticleNick Harris: Another blow for Bradley Wiggins as his throne fails to sell
Bradley Wiggins's mood after being knocked off his bicycle last week will not be helped by news that the throne he made famous has failed to sell at auction - for a fraction of the price he was quoted...
View Article2012 heroes miss out on Christmas books bonanza
The biggest British stars of the summer's Olympics are capitalising on their Games glory with autobiographies aimed at the lucrative Christmas market - but the giants of the Paralympics are missing out...
View ArticleNick Harris: £5.5bn TV pays to screen Premier League
One of the world's poorest countries, Burma, where workers earn an average of just £819 a year, has splashed out £25million to buy the rights to show Premier League football on television.
View ArticleNick Harris: Europe to fight winter World Cup plans
Major leagues across the continent, including the Premier League, are expected to fight any bid to reschedule the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to the winter.
View ArticleDavid Beckham in talks over MLS ownership
David Beckham is in talks to become the owner of a Major League Soccer club in the United States and is expected to buy a controlling interest in a team based in New York, Miami or Los Angeles.
View ArticleNick Harris Mo Farah can push TV Superstars to a longer run
The BBC hope their festive Olympic Superstars show will lead to a longer-term revival of the hit programme of the 1970s and 1980s.
View ArticleAndy Murray won't complain about OBE
Andy Murray would have every right to feel aggrieved for receiving ‘only’ an OBE in the New Year’s honours, but you will not find Britain’s best tennis player complaining about it.
View ArticleNick Harris: We¿ll back player walk-offs over racism, says union chief Carlisle
Clark Carlisle, chairman of the Professional Footballers' Association, has told Inside Sport that he will support any player in English football who walks off the pitch after being subjected to racist...
View ArticleNick Harris: Stein - We'll take FIFA to court if agents are banned
Plans by football's world governing body, FIFA, to establish a computerised system that could abolish the role of agents in transfers have been slammed by the biggest agents' collective as 'unworkable'...
View ArticleNick Harris: Piracy fear forces Premier League to black out Albania
Albania has joined North Korea in becoming only the second country in the world where broadcasters have not been invited to tender for live Premier League games.
View ArticleFootball is full of gamblers like Michael Chopra: Nick Harris
Michael Chopra was one of nine people handed lengthy bans from horseracing over alleged corruption, but sources have said he is just one of many who have suffered ‘serious gambling-related issues’ in...
View ArticleNick Harris: Why won't the FA tell us what's going on at Blackburn?
Sports Minister Hugh Robertson and former Home Secretary Jack Straw are to press the Football Association for a response to concerns they have raised over Blackburn Rovers.
View ArticleNick Harris: If Oscar Pistorius has a darker side, he did well to hide it...
Oscar Pistorius and Iwan Thomas have trained together, socialised together and been firm friends for the best part of a decade.
View ArticleDavid Beckham reveals £20million profit for 2012 - Nick Harris
The reason David Beckham is so comfortable at not earning a single penny from his current spell at Paris Saint-Germain will be clear when the companies he owns publish their financial accounts.
View ArticleLuis Suarez could leave Liverpool for Atletico Madrid as Chelsea prepare to...
Chelsea want to buy one of the world’s most prolific strikers, Radamel Falcao, from Atletico Madrid. The club’s directors are planning to cash in on the Colombia international at peak value and replace...
View ArticleNick Harris: West Ham mortgage £60m of TV money in bid to manage debts
West Ham have reached an agreement with an offshore lending company in the British Virgin Islands to borrow all £60million of their next season's Premier League television money in advance, Inside...
View ArticleLeague One Portsmouth Coventry battle of the basket cases
In a more stable era, Portsmouth's 2-0 win over Coventry in the battle of the financial basket cases in League One might have given them a glimmer of hope that they could yet escape relegation.
View ArticlePremier League players put over £1bn in tax relief schemes
Premier League footballers have invested an estimated £1billion over the past decade in 'highly complex' financial schemes that have left many bankrupt or with severe money headaches.
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