Sporting Intelligence

Roberto De Zerbi has been appointed as Tottenham's new manager on a five-year deal worth a reported £12m a year. Up close at Brighton, I saw how he operates

Use burner phones. Beware of your social media. Have contingency plans. As thousands of reporters prepare to cover the FIFA World Cup, concerns grow over the Trump administration crackdown on critics

Some of the world's biggest and richest clubs were getting smashed to smithereens by opponents from clubs in fellow "Big 5" divisions. What on earth was going on?

Some of the world's biggest and richest clubs were getting smashed to smithereens by opponents from clubs in fellow "Big 5" divisions. What on earth was going on?

Do workload and riches explain the "chaos" of the last 16 in this season's Champions League? Plus by a first follow-up (of several) on last week's "Fraudizio" investigation

The Italian "influencer" who has never worked as a real journalist, has 100m+ followers on social media and leverages them for cash. This is a tale about modern sports media

Football's major governing bodies, not least UEFA, which governs the world's richest leagues, continue to help the biggest, richest clubs in getting richer and more powerful

On Tuesday, Southampton went to Leicester for a Championship match and were 3-0 down at half-time. But they won 4-3. It was utterly extraordinary, and here's why

What does a betting firm PR man have in common with a London lingerie model and a Malaysian punk singer? They have all been used as fronts for dodgy sports sponsors

What happens when a sporting superstar who has become a cherished national figure faces issues that need scrutiny? Tact, lawyers and PRs tend to collide in the fallout

Yesterday I wrote a piece about “the Epstein files” and some links to sport and how “document dumps” can be both a journalistic blessing and a curse.

Leaks of incendiary materials can be full of red herrings, banalities and bullshit. Diligent reporters sift the wheat from the chaff. It's not easy. But it can be fruitful

The Premier League began investigating alleged rule-breaking by Man City in late 2018, charging them with 115 rule breaches in 2023. Into an eighth year, the case rumbles on

Deloitte's latest 'Football Money League' dropped yesterday, detailing the richest 30 clubs in the world by revenue. Today I'll look at what their wage bills tell us about them

No team in the history of the FA Cup since 1871 has beaten a top-division opponent when being as "minor" in the football pyramid as 117 places below the other team.

The former journalist had a long career in the heyday of Fleet Street, from covering Manchester United when they were glorious to decades as a tennis correspondent

An investigation for Sporting Intelligence details the disproportionate number of betting charges against non-league players as the pro game embraces gambling

There are many different ways to gauge a football team's chances of success, from rankings to bookmaker odds to form. Here we consider the players' insurable values

Today we're looking ahead to the major events in global football in 2026, and bringing to your attention some football stories that will garner headlines this year

In 2023, I wrote an investigative feature for the Mail on Sunday about the behaviour of multi-club ownership groups, focussing on Man City's owners. They didn't like it!