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Borussia Dortmund Shares Unlikely To Profit From Potential Champions League Victory05 / 23 / 13The publicly traded shares of Champions League finalist Borussia Dortmund on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange are unlikely to gain a lasting boost from a potential victory in Saturday’s final. Deloitte Sport Business Group Expert Jan Kremer told SBD Global, "Short-term success, even if ... |
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F1 Global Expansion Series Part 2
The dream of F1 CEO Bernie Ecclestone to have an F1 Grand Prix in close proximity to New York City is still being targeted for mid '14, while a newly built circuit near Austin, Texas could secure F1’s long-term future in the U.S. In addition to its increased American presence, Ecclestone has b ...
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F1 Global Expansion Series Part 1
Rumors and talks of a possible return of F1 to Austria, France, Turkey and a proposed new road course in Greece have sparked hopes of European F1 fans that the racing series would increase its number of European races in the future and return to where it all started more than 60 years ago. However, ...
Formula E Unveils Calendar For 2014
Formula E presented motorsports governing body FIA with a preliminary list of eight cities that have been picked to host races next year. Cities included in the preliminary calendar are: London, Rome, L.A., Miami, Beijing, Putrajaya (Malaysia), Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro. Since its launch in Au ...
New Jersey F1 Race Back On Track
New Jersey F1 Race Promoter Leo Hindery Jr. said that the American Grand Prix is back on track after it had to postpone its ’13 scheduled debut due to missing local and federal approvals that made it difficult to have all the capitalization in place. Hindery said, "We are back under constructi ...
Formula E Boss Happy With Progress
The new FIA sanctioned all-electric racing series, Formula E, is still a work in progress, but Formula E CEO Alejandro Agag said he is "extremely satisfied with progress until now." Agag, a 42-year-old Spanish businessman, said a lot of work has to be done before the first race, "but everything [is] ...
Ecclestone Not Sold On Formula E
Formula E is expected to debut in ’14 and hopes to change the perception of electric cars, which have a stigma of being impractical, slow and only a limited range, but so far the pitch isn't working on the F1 circuit's big boss. F1 CEO Bernie Ecclestone seems skeptical of motorsports governing ...
Bundesliga Seeking The American Dream
Germany's Bundesliga is setting its sights on the U.S. market as the next phase of its global expansion plan, and has explored talks with Major League Soccer about sending a team to play in its All-Star Game, according to the league's Head of Business & Specialist Media Dirk Meyer-Bosse. He did ...
Bundesliga Moving Into New Markets
The Bundesliga has made a push into new markets over the past several years in order to increase its int'l revenue and close the gap with other European football leagues. So far, the league has focused its efforts on Eastern Europe and Asia. The German Football League (DFL), the commercial arm of th ...
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FIS: Vonn's Request A 'Publicity Stunt'
Int'l Ski Federation (FIS) President GIAN FRANCO KASPER said that "no official request has arrived yet" at FIS headquarters in Switzerland from U.S. skier LINDSEY VONN , who recently said she "wants to start in the men's downhill race at Lake Louise," Canada. Kasper said, "The only thing there is ...
Q&A With DEL CEO Gernot Tripcke
Germany's top-flight hockey league, the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL), is coming off a very successful '11-12 season during which it set an attendance record with an average of 6,059 fans during the regular season. The league also returns to free-to-air TV after signing a new broadcasting-rights dea ...
