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Peter Sharkey is the author of the Birmingham Post's Business of Sport column.

Chelsea's new manager Jose Mourinho during the press conference at Stamford Bridge.

Abramovich kicks the soft approach into touch at Chelsea

Peter Sharkey writes "Jose Mourinho appeared in a blaze of flashbulbs, ready to sprinkle some much-needed stardust on an organisation widely disliked for the manner in which it has tried to assume the mantle of a ‘big club’ without necessarily appreciating the corresponding need for humility such status infers".

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Chelsea's new manager Jose Mourinho during the press conference at Stamford Bridge.

Abramovich kicks the soft approach into touch at Chelsea

Peter Sharkey writes "Jose Mourinho appeared in a blaze of flashbulbs, ready to sprinkle some much-needed stardust on an organisation widely disliked for the manner in which it has tried to assume the mantle of a ‘big club’ without necessarily appreciating the corresponding need for humility such status infers".

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Build-up to Nailcote Hall: Beware... Cars a new hazard!

We follow Peter Sharkey's progress as he prepares to play in the Farmfoods British Par 3 Championship, staged at Nailcote Hall.

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French league plays Russian roulette with Monaco

People consider Rybolovlev’s billions a threat to French football. His decision to challenge the LFP through the courts is seen as establishing an extremely dangerous precedent.

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Build-up to Nailcote Hall: Chance to meet sporting royalty

More than a quarter century ago, I spent four years working as an accountant for an American multinational in Saudi Arabia.

Sir Bradley Wiggins thrills the crowd as he powers to Olympic gold in the men’s individual time trial.

London 2012 Olympics legacy inspires a chain reaction

A greater number of people have taken up cycling, either as social or occasional riders, commuters or holiday cyclists.

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Build-up to Nailcote Hall: Peter Sharkey is following Kevin Keegan's advice

Europe's star names will play a bigger part in shaping the European Tour schedule in an attempt to combat the lure of the PGA Tour in America.

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Build-up to Nailcote Hall: Crowd will raise nerves

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Grandstand? Did he say 'grandstand'? He did.

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Peter Sharkey: Organisers may have to forget profit at Rugby World Cup

Even though we’re more than two years away from the Rugby World Cup in England, concerns regarding its funding are already to the fore.

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Build-up to Nailcote Hall: Grown men as whining divas

Women, of course, possess an innate sense of such matters; their instinctive powers of perception and natural understanding of relationships are on a completely different plane to that of men, something I had cause to acknowledge (again) last weekend. 

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Peter Sharkey: A major player comes into the market

Though it wasn't quite on a par with that other major sporting announcement made last week, in terms of commercial scale it was enormous, significantly affecting equity prices in two companies with a combined market value of £37 billion.

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