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2012 Year In Review

Memorable Quotes Of The Year

We don’t see refraining from football matches as a proper instrument to deliver signals concerning the situation with democracy in Ukraine. -- Ukraine Foreign Ministry spokesperson Oleg Voloshyn , on the country's reaction to the British Ministers' boycott of Euro 2012. They haven't...

Year In Review

The SBD Global staff compiled a list of the top stories, quotes, deaths, tweets and other memorable occurrences of 2012, listed below. Top five stories from the U.K. Top five stories from South America. Top five stories from Europe. ...

Top Sponsorships This Year

The SBD Global staff compiled a list of top sponsorships from 2012, listed below. Colombian club Atlético Nacional agreed to a kit deal with Nike starting in '13, replacing its previous kit deal with adidas. Argentinian side River Plate renewed its contract with adidas through '18. ...

Sports Business Hits And Misses

HIT: The London Games Opening Ceremony was hailed as a whimsical triumph by viewers around the globe, who heaped praise on Artistic Dir Danny Boyle's tribute to the host country. The visually-appealing show featured thunderous music, dancing beds, cycling doves and a cameo from Queen Elizabeth. ...

Twitter Me This ... 2012

Rugby League Express editor Martyn Sadler: "In less than 40 years Aussie #rugbyleague progressed from being worth almost nothing to more than a billion dollars" Manchester Evening News' Mike Keegan: "Thanks Sunday Times for that lovely picture of Rooney's leg just as I was about to eat breakfast."...

Names In The News 2012

F1 CEO BERNIE ECCLESTONE married for a third time in a ceremony at his ski chalet in Switzerland. The 81-year-old billionaire married 35-year-old Brazilian Marketing Dir FABIANA FLOSI at Le Lion, his £23M ($36.4M) chalet. F1 driver and seven-time world champion ...