Published October 24, 2012
German second-tier hockey club Eispiraten Crimmitschau signed NHL player
CLARKE MACARTHUR for the duration of the league's lockout. The 27-year-old left winger played last season for the Toronto Maple Leafs. MacArthur has played 363 NHL games and scored 85 goals and 108 assists (
BILD, 10/23). ... South Korean rhythmic gymnast
SON YEON-JAE "has found herself caught in a power struggle" between her agency, IB Sport, and the Korea Gymnastic Association. Her long-time mentor
KIM JI-HEE "has tendered her resignation from the KGA" (
KOREA TIMES, 10/22). ... Former England football Manager
SVEN-GORAN ERIKSSON and a former nanny to the Beckham family "are taking legal action" against Britain's Mirror Group Newspapers over alleged phone hacking. Media lawyer
MARK LEWIS said that he had also recently issued High Court claims against newspapers in the Mirror Group: the Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror and The People, "on behalf" of actress
SHOBNA GULATI and former footballer
GARY FLITCROFT (
AFP, 10/23). ... Team GB athletes, including double Gold-winning
MO FARAH, cyclists
CHRIS HOY and
SARAH STOREY, the U.K.'s most-decorated female Paralympian, "are expected to be among the 225 athletes at the reception hosted" by
QUEEN ELIZABETH at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday. The
DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE "is among other royals set to attend" (
London GUARDIAN, 10/23).