Soccer? It's a quintessentially English word, and here's why ... sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/soccer-its...

Soccer? It's a quintessentially English word, and here's why ... sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/soccer-its...

Villa move to 21 major trophies.

Football. Bloody hell. What a match at St Mary's tonight. And we still don't know if that will mean a trip to Wembley. But for Boro fans tonight: kudos. 295 miles home starting at nearly 11pm. Are we all insane?

Loads of coverage of David Attenborough's 100th birthday. My fave fact from his career: as Controller of BBC2 in 1967, he introduced colour TV to the UK, trialling it at Wimbledon (tennis) that summer. Piece from 2017 about that: www.dailymail.com/sport/tennis...

A Friday quiz for you. Click the link in my profile to go to my Substack and today's piece that contains this and more. (Posting links directly in posts on some social sites, not least X, is often pointless as they try to disrupt attempts to leave their platforms for other sites).

What's the REAL cost of Premier League relegation for most clubs in the long term? sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/whats-the-...

What's the REAL cost of Premier League relegation for most clubs in the long term? sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/whats-the-...

Loads of coverage of David Attenborough's 100th birthday. My fave fact from his career: as Controller of BBC2 in 1967, he introduced colour TV to the UK, trialling it at Wimbledon (tennis) that summer. Piece from 2017 about that: www.dailymail.com/sport/tennis...

Last week I republished a story from 2013 about an extraordinary hoaxer. Today, 13 years on, a follow-up to the 2013 piece. Also astonishing. What Rob Beal did next: lawyers, death threats & the hoaxing of politicians, including cabinet ministers sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/revealed-w...

Last week I republished a story from 2013 about an extraordinary hoaxer. Today, 13 years on, a follow-up to the 2013 piece. Also astonishing. What Rob Beal did next: lawyers, death threats & the hoaxing of politicians, including cabinet ministers sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/revealed-w...

REVISITED: the most extraordinary football story in decades - an unbelievable hoaxer sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/revisited-...

Chelsea and Man City in the FA Cup final. No other English clubs have systematically ignored, bent or broken the rules like both have done. In terms of trophies won, no other English clubs have been as successful over the past decade and a half either. The moral of the story - is that there is none.

If you do one thing today, read this. It is incredible

REVISITED: the most extraordinary football story in decades - an unbelievable hoaxer sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/revisited-...

Today's marathon world record in London: astonishing. If you want an insight into how incredible it is, stick the treadmill at your gym on to 21.1kph, and stay on it for two hours.

What a brilliant story from this week's Boston marathon. If you haven't heard about it or seen it, look up Ajay. Great stuff.

Completely forgot to post this updated table after City won the League Cup recently. Today's result reminded me to do so. City firmly on course for a 7th PL title in 9 years. Unbelievable achievement. Literally.

👀 Another peek in the pages of our World Cup special, out now: 📖 @sportingintel.bsky.social uncovers some numbers to give Scotland fans optimism. 🛒 Read the full article and many more by ordering your copy direct: tiny.cc/rgrz001

De Zerbi, the 24/7 obsessive who tells his players: "I'm breaking your balls for a reason". And why his appointment has angered many Spurs fans after his support of Mason Greenwood. sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/de-zerbi-t...

De Zerbi, the 24/7 obsessive who tells his players: "I'm breaking your balls for a reason". And why his appointment has angered many Spurs fans after his support of Mason Greenwood. sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/de-zerbi-t...

De Zerbi, the 24/7 obsessive who tells his players: "I'm breaking your balls for a reason" sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/de-zerbi-t...

he Play The Game piece on the World Cup on the @sportingintel website. With thanks to @samindrakunti.bsky.social Nick McGeehan of @fairgameuk.bsky.social and the many other contributors. sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/fifa-world...

FIFA World Cup 2026: In Trump’s America, nothing can be ruled out. A piece for @playthegame_org about this summer's tournament. www.playthegame.org/news/fifa-wo...

Almost two years ago, readers of Sporting Intelligence voted for the best sports documentaries ever. Here's that piece and the top 20 back then. Any you would add since? sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/the-20-bes...

The Champions League was unprecedented this week. Why, and what does it tell us? sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/the-champi...

An easily explained Champions League last-16 enigma? PLUS: "Here we go!" - Fabrizio Romano, part II sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/an-easily-...

Rather lovely to see the fraud/shill Fabrizio Romano being dragged over hot coals, thanks to @sportingintel.bsky.social following on the great work by @troelsbager.bsky.social and others. Here's what I wrote (en français) on the subject in June of last year. www.eurosport.fr/football/tra...

"HERE WE GO!": the lowdown on "football journalist" Fabrizio Romano sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/here-we-go...

Re-upping this from March last year after confirmation the Premier League will start a direct to fans TV offer, initially in Singapore, which I first reported on in 2020 just before the Pandemic ruined it that time around sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/premflix

Bodo/Glimt produced one of the biggest upsets in Champions League history as they knocked out last year's finalists Inter to reach the last 16 for the first time. Piece from last September about the secrets of their success sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/the-miracl...

Why Real Madrid's Super League "defeat" is a mere blip on the way to the rich getting richer sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/headline-i...

The most extraordinary result in the Champions League tonight was Bodø/Glimt 3 Inter 1. I wrote about the miracle of Bodø back in September sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/the-miracl...

Chatted to someone recently about Ted Lasso, a show I (almost) unreservedly loved that returns with season 4 this year. It polarised opinion. Last year I wrote 2,000 (mostly) paywalled words about it. After my recent chat, I've un-paywalled it: sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/ted-lasso-...

Saints are only 140 years old and already they've won a match from 3-0 down. There's now a whole piece about this, including stats for all the clubs currently in England's top two divisions. Such comebacks are EXTREMELY rare, for anyone. sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/southampto...

Southampton's miracle win at Leicester after trailing 3-0 at H-T: a historical perspective sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/southampto...

EXPOSED: the rise of illegal and unregulated betting companies in international cricket Brilliant piece by @stevemenary.bsky.social sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/exposed-th...

EXPOSED: the rise of illegal and unregulated betting companies in international cricket Brilliant piece by @stevemenary.bsky.social sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/exposed-th...

A piece about the complicated and controversial life and times of Mo Farah, who I first met when he was 16, and the challenges of reporting on that, fairly and accurately, in the face of PRs and lawyers sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/mo-farah-a...

A piece about the complicated and controversial life and times of Mo Farah, who I first met when he was 16, and the challenges of reporting on that, fairly and accurately, in the face of PRs and lawyers sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/mo-farah-a...

@sportingintel.bsky.social have you seen this? All the files, emails, photos, flights, organised in a Google Workspace style to search and read. Technology at its greatest and most useful www.jmail.world

Mo Farah: a case study of asking difficult questions to a lauded sportsperson you admire sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/mo-farah-a...

The Epstein files and sport: postscript No1 sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/the-epstei...

Piece tells you how to access now defunct "document dump" about Russian doping; Football Leaks; USADA docs on Lance A; a spreadsheet of 12,000 blood tests on track & field athletes from 2001-12; and some Fancy Bears stuff

As the Epstein case shows, "document dumps" are both a journalistic blessing and a curse. Five examples from sport show why sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/as-the-eps...

Piece tells you how to access now defunct "document dump" about Russian doping; Football Leaks; USADA docs on Lance A; a spreadsheet of 12,000 blood tests on track & field athletes from 2001-12; and some Fancy Bears stuff

As the Epstein case shows, "document dumps" are both a journalistic blessing and a curse. Five examples from sport show why sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/as-the-eps...

Proving to be the most popular read of 2026 so far, with all the engagement you'd expect from Man City fans especially, taking the time and effort to tell me how much they don't care about this AT ALL.