Nick Harris

REVEALED: The Blackburn files, from secret contracts to legal threats from a major agent Blackburn Rovers were bought by the Rao family from India (aka Venky's) in late 2010. Within months the club was in chaos, and secretly being run by a now defunct agency

REVEALED: The Blackburn files, from secret contracts to legal threats from a major agent
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REVEALED: The Blackburn files, from secret contracts to legal threats from a major agent Blackburn Rovers were bought by the Rao family from India (aka Venky's) in late 2010. Within months the club was in chaos, and secretly being run by a now defunct agency

REVEALED: The Blackburn files, from secret contracts to legal threats from a major agent
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What do the world's best footballers DESERVE to earn, measured by their performance data? The CIES Football Observatory in Switzerland has produced a new report that lists the 100 players who should be earning most due to their talent. It's great debating material

What do the world's best footballers DESERVE to earn, measured by their performance data? Plus a deep dive into football salaries since the 1990s.
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What do the world's best footballers DESERVE to earn, measured by their performance data? The CIES Football Observatory in Switzerland has produced a new report that lists the 100 players who should be earning most due to their talent. It's great debating material

What do the world's best footballers DESERVE to earn, measured by their performance data? Plus a deep dive into football salaries since the 1990s.
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Yep. Probably the best hour of TV drama ever. IMO

With the sacking of Will Still by Southampton this evening, 52 of the 92 clubs in England's top four divisions (56.5%) have changed manager at least one in the past year.

Yep. And have you watched 'Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip'?

After watching @AllisonBJanney and @bradleywhitford in the latest season of The Diplomat, started probably my 8th or 9th rewatch of The West Wing. And nearly 26 years after it was first shown, 'In Excelsis Deo' remains an extraordinarily moving piece of TV.

This remains an unfolding story. And I'm continuing to add new details, and evidence, to this piece. I'm also asking subscribers whether they want to see the legal letters / threats that arose from parts of this multi-year investigation.

UPDATE: Wiggins' EXPLOSIVE new 'Jiffy' theory lays groundwork for Team Sky game of Traitors Yesterday’s feature about Bradley Wiggins’ latest autobiography, The Chain, included lots of background detail about the investigative work that underpinned years of digging into corruption in British...

UPDATE: Wiggins' EXPLOSIVE new 'Jiffy' theory lays groundwork for Team Sky game of Traitors open.substack.com/pub/sporting...

UPDATE: Wiggins' EXPLOSIVE new 'Jiffy' theory lays groundwork for Team Sky game of Traitors Yesterday’s feature about Bradley Wiggins’ latest autobiography, The Chain, included lots of background detail about the investigative work that underpinned years of digging into corruption in British...

UPDATE: Wiggins' EXPLOSIVE new 'Jiffy' theory lays groundwork for Team Sky game of Traitors open.substack.com/pub/sporting...

This remains an unfolding story. And I'm continuing to add new details, and evidence, to this piece. I'm also asking subscribers whether they want to see the legal letters / threats that arose from parts of this multi-year investigation.

Have added extra details, and documentary evidence, since first published yesterday, including info on Sky riders suspecting each other, docs from Freeman's tribunal and info about the duplicity of the DCMS inquiry.

Wiggins' EXPLOSIVE new 'Jiffy' theory lays the groundwork for Team Sky game of Traitors Bradley Wiggins' latest autobiography, The Chain, contains claims about a dark conspiracy at Team Sky. Mutual destruction awaits if someone tells the actual truth

Wiggins' EXPLOSIVE new 'Jiffy' theory lays the groundwork for Team Sky game of Traitors

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Wiggins' EXPLOSIVE new 'Jiffy' theory lays the groundwork for Team Sky game of Traitors Bradley Wiggins' latest autobiography, The Chain, contains claims about a dark conspiracy at Team Sky. Mutual destruction awaits if someone tells the actual truth

For anyone who enjoyed last year's "Skyfall" investigation, this is one for you. It's a biggie.

Wiggins' EXPLOSIVE new 'Jiffy' theory lays the groundwork for Team Sky game of Traitors

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REVEALED: the true extent of doping across elite sport, as admitted by athletes themselves A recent report by Ed Willison revealed more than one in five athletes at the 2022 Commonwealth Games admitted doping. Today: 11 other "prevalence" studies in sport

REVEALED: the true extent of doping across elite sport, as admitted by athletes themselves
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Enhanced Games At Enhanced, we are pioneering a new era in athletic competition that embraces scientific advancements to push the boundaries of human performance.

If people want to compete somewhere where any who can afford drug enhancement can use it, then that forum exists at www.enhanced.com

REVEALED: the true extent of doping across elite sport, as admitted by athletes themselves A recent report by Ed Willison revealed more than one in five athletes at the 2022 Commonwealth Games admitted doping. Today: 11 other "prevalence" studies in sport

REVEALED: the true extent of doping across elite sport, as admitted by athletes themselves
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Hearts and Hibs broke transfer records this summer but success isn't dictated by big buys Scotland's 12 top-flight clubs spent £50m collectively om players this summer. England's best clubs spent £3bn. A deep dive into what the transfer activity means

England's Premier League clubs spent £3bn+ this summer on new players. Scotland's top-flight clubs spent £50m. But what matters is not spending big, but cleverly. Here's why. sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/hearts-and...

Hearts and Hibs broke transfer records this summer but success isn't dictated by big buys Scotland's 12 top-flight clubs spent £50m collectively om players this summer. England's best clubs spent £3bn. A deep dive into what the transfer activity means

England's Premier League clubs spent £3bn+ this summer on new players. Scotland's top-flight clubs spent £50m. But what matters is not spending big, but cleverly. Here's why. sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/hearts-and...

"I was sceptical about Drive to Survive, treading on our toes. How wrong I was" Simon Lazenby has been the lead presenter of Sky Sports’ F1 live coverage since 2012 and now his brilliant new book goes behind the scenes with F1's unheralded heroes.

A piece by @simon_lazenbyF1 about his new book, "Pressure", which tells the stories of the unsung heroes and heroines of the F1 circus. sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/f1-headlin...
cc: @CroftyF1, @MBrundleF1

The Pope, Lewis Hamilton and my mum: a week that reminded me of the joy of sport There is so much wrong with modern sport, it's easy to forget that it can touch so many lives, so profoundly. I've been reminded of that this past week

Really grateful that Simon took the time to write this piece ahead of a busy weekend. F1 is not a subject we've covered much on the SI Substack, although this from last year did engage a lot of readers.
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"I was sceptical about Drive to Survive, treading on our toes. How wrong I was" Simon Lazenby has been the lead presenter of Sky Sports’ F1 live coverage since 2012 and now his brilliant new book goes behind the scenes with F1's unheralded heroes.

A piece by @simon_lazenbyF1 about his new book, "Pressure", which tells the stories of the unsung heroes and heroines of the F1 circus. sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/f1-headlin...
cc: @CroftyF1, @MBrundleF1

Ghana's broken football dreams: why an African nation will never win the World Cup 2026 World Cup qualifying concludes across Africa this week, and with Ghana as a case study, a new investigation says economics and exploitation hold Africa back

Qualifying for 2026 WC concludes across Africa this week. In this brilliant piece, with Ghana as a case study, Howard Akumiah & James Corbett explore how economics & exploitation have prevented an African World Cup winner and will in the future. sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/ghanas-bro...

Ghana's broken football dreams: why an African nation will never win the World Cup 2026 World Cup qualifying concludes across Africa this week, and with Ghana as a case study, a new investigation says economics and exploitation hold Africa back

Qualifying for 2026 WC concludes across Africa this week. In this brilliant piece, with Ghana as a case study, Howard Akumiah & James Corbett explore how economics & exploitation have prevented an African World Cup winner and will in the future. sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/ghanas-bro...

Russell Martin: a deep dive into what his time at Saints means for his Rangers future The 39-year-old former defender got Southampton promoted from the Championship to the Premier League, then his team imploded and he got sacked. What now at Ibrox?

Rangers sack Russell Martin. From August: a deep dive into what his time at Saints means for his Rangers future (ie this was inevitable). sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/russell-ma...

The moment in time when the chance to be a Premier League CEO slipped by ... Among many strange episodes investigating the owners of Premier League football clubs, one story took an unexpected turn and I almost found myself in charge

Venky's became the first Indian owners of a Premier League club, Blackburn Rovers, 15 years ago next month. It was a wild story, and still is sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/the-moment...

The moment in time when the chance to be a Premier League CEO slipped by ... Among many strange episodes investigating the owners of Premier League football clubs, one story took an unexpected turn and I almost found myself in charge

Venky's became the first Indian owners of a Premier League club, Blackburn Rovers, 15 years ago next month. It was a wild story, and still is sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/the-moment...

Hugely gratifying to get this kind of feedback from a Liverpool fan about this story.

This is worth the trip down memory lane, and if it’s before your time as a fan, you gotta check it out. A bizarre mini chapter of Liverpool’s 21st century history.