A report by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce revealed that Brasileiro side Flamengo "is looking for business partnerships in China." Flamengo CEO Jose Carlos Freitas "is the contact person for this business." Flamengo "is the most popular team in Brazil, with over 39.1 million supporters as of 2010." It "is also one of Brazil's richest football clubs in terms of revenue" (YUTANG SPORTS, 8/2).
A "prominent group of disgruntled" Australian Football League side Richmond supporters "are planning a bloodless coup, targeting at least five long-serving Tiger board members," including President Peggy O'Neal, in their bid to reshape the club's board and future football direction. The group, which has not ruled out calling for a spill of the entire board, "met last Wednesday night at the Malvern Hotel, with a core group meeting again on Monday in a city office with a view to pushing for a meeting with the club." Joe Russo, who unsuccessfully challenged for the Richmond board last year, "addressed the dinner, along with his fellow candidate Jason Dowd and senior client adviser Damien Silk who attended the meeting with his brother Luke." While not all "were comfortable" with the prospect of ousting the AFL's only female president, "they remained determined to target all those appointees who came on board before 2007" (THE AGE, 8/2).
