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Premier League Launches Major Fightback against Illegal Streaming

by Paul MacInnes | Apr 7, 2017 | Sports

The Premier League has launched its biggest crackdown on piracy with a series of moves to combat illegal streaming, in light of fears that widespread availability of new consumer-friendly devices could fatally undermine its business model. The streaming of live...

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Jamie Vardy scores from long range against Liverpool in Leicester’s title-winning season – but how did that tally with the xG? Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images

Expected Goals and Big Football Data: The Statistics Revolution That Is Here to Stay

by Paul MacInnes | Apr 1, 2017 | Sports

The first time I came across the phrase “expected goals” was in November 2015. I had disappeared into a Twitter wormhole and when I emerged I was on a site called Statsbomb and an article entitled “Leicester City and their Trip to the Kamikaze Zone”. At that point in...

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Paul Gascoigne’s former representative Mel Stein is stepping down as chairman of the Association of Football Agents. Photograph: Graham Chadwick/Getty Images

Association of Football Agents Admits System is open to Abuse amid Allardyce Fallout

by Paul MacInnes | Sep 30, 2016 | Sports

London – The Association of Football Agents has said that “the global move to deregulation has not worked” and has “allowed the system to be more open to manipulation and abuse” amid the fallout from Sam Allardyce’s resignation. In a statement issued on...