# Sporting Intelligence Following the money, uncovering corruption, and diving into the data to tell the stories that matter. Page: Feed: --- ## [Ten years ago today, Team GB women won Olympic hockey gold. The worst day of my life](https://sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/ten-years-ago-today-team-gb-women) _2026-08-19 · Nick Harris_ I've told this tale before, lots of times in different ways and at different stages of the story. The feedback has always been it helps some people. So here we go again ## ['Life expectancy' of managers in England is under a year. What now for 9 new PL bosses?](https://sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/life-expectancy-of-managers-in-england) _2026-08-14 · Nick Harris_ Never before has a Premier League season started with as many as nine clubs kicking off with a new manager. Today we profile their varied careers, for better or worse ## [It took six years for the FBI to bring down Blatter. How long can Infantino hang on?](https://sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/it-took-six-years-for-the-fbi-to) _2026-08-10 · Nick Harris_ What can we learn from the downfall of FIFA's previous president about the future of the current incumbent? Maybe that, eventually, whistleblowers WILL topple you .... ## [Manchester City's "115": pitting AI's verdict against the actual evidence, with documents](https://sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/manchester-citys-115-pitting-ais) _2026-07-25 · Nick Harris_ It's been nearly 8 years since the Premier League started investigating MCFC, and more than 3 years since 115 charges, and nearly 2 years since the hearing. What now? ## [World Cup 2026: a slog, and a "tournament that has been shaped entirely by MAGA policy."](https://sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/world-cup-2026-a-slog-and-a-tournament) _2026-07-17 · Samindra Kunti_ In his final dispatch from this World Cup, Sporting Intelligence's roving reporter Sam Kunti says it's been a long haul. He also asked Infantino if he would resign! ## [England v Argentina, a relationship defined by Ossie & Ricky, the Falklands, Maradona & more](https://sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/england-v-argentina-a-relationship) _2026-07-15 · Nick Harris_ As England prepare to face Argentina in the World Cup semi-finals, a brief recap of the animus between the two nations, not least an actual war and the Hand of God ## [Ken Bates, the football rogue who didn't give a f\*\*k about anything but him and his clubs](https://sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/ken-bates-the-football-rogue-who) _2026-07-11 · Nick Harris_ The former chairman and owner of Chelsea, Leeds, Wigan and Oldham has died at the age of 94, and was arguably the last "old school" owner of a top-fight English club ## [From Taylor Swift's wedding to England's 27% chance of the semis: the column that has it all](https://sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/from-taylor-swifts-wedding-to-englands) _2026-07-10 · Samindra Kunti_ Sam Kunti's latest dispatch from the World Cup investigates prediction markets, FIFA's latest amoral money-making wheeze. We also look at England's chances of the last 4. ## [Would you take $15k to promote a crypto-gambling firm? Tempted, but it's an obvious no](https://sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/would-you-take-15k-to-promote-a-crypto) _2026-07-04 · Nick Harris_ I said no to about £60,000 of gambling sponsorships in the first 10 years of sportingintelligence.com. The money is bigger now, but it's still a "No". Here's why ## [Make any domain metal (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/pHxIELecr3W6) _2026-07-04 · **Sponsored**_ Turn any domain into a blacked-out metal landing page with an email waitlist ## [Happy birthday USA! And welcome to the most commercialised World Cup in history](https://sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/happy-birthday-usa-and-welcome-to) _2026-07-03 · Samindra Kunti_ Sporting Intelligence's roving reporter at the World Cup, Sam Kunti, celebrates a nation's birthday with his latest dispatch from America, where Becks is omnipresent