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Maradona Wins $490,000 Suit Against Two Shanghai Firms For Trademark Infringement06 / 19 / 13Former Argentina striker and Manager Diego Maradona won a 3M yuan ($490,000) lawsuit in Beijing Monday "against two Shanghai firms which used his name and image without permission," according to the SHANGHAI DAILY. The Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court ruled t... |
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Indian Football League Scrapped
An Indian professional football league -- run along the same lines of the franchise-based Indian Premier League cricket tournament -- "has been scrapped due to logistical problems," according to ESPN. The tournament "was set to feature a cast of veteran players" including former Chelsea & AC Mil ...
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NBA Plans Chinese New Year Celebration
The NBA will host its largest int'l tribute when NBA Chinese New Year Celebration 2013 tips off from Feb. 7-14. The league will usher in the Year of the Snake with a record 23 live games televised and streamed in China over eight consecutive days. Five NBA teams will host in-arena Chinese New Year ...
Korea FA Elects New President
Former K League Commissioner CHUNG MONG-GYU has been elected president of the Korea FA, according to Kang Seung-woo of the KOREA TIMES. The 51-year-old Hyundai Development Company chairman will serve a four-year term through '16. Chung said, "I want to share the joy with all those in the football ...
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Jaipur Uncertain Host Of IPL Matches
In Jaipur, India, "uncertainty looms large" over the city's chances of hosting the upcoming Indian Premier League matches as the Memorandum of Understanding between the Rajasthan Cricket Association and Rajasthan State Sports Council, which had expired last year, is still "yet to be renewed," accord ...
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Myanmar Drops SEA Games Events
Myanmar "has dropped popular Olympic sports" from the Southeast Asian Games in December, and "hopes to pack the competition with less well-known sports where its athletes are likely to win medals," according to the BANGKOK POST. The Games, to be held in capital Nay Pyi Daw and other locations, "will ...
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Li Ning Shares Drop With Fundraising Plan
Chinese sportswear company Li Ning "sent its shares tumbling by revealing it needed to raise more money to complete a restructuring plan," according to Patti Waldmeir of the FINANCIAL TIMES. Its share price sank 14.7% on Friday after the company said that it plans to issue convertible securities worth up to HK$1.87B ($241M) to provide capital for restructuring and business development, "as it tries to reverse a two-year slide in its performance." The securities are convertible into one share at HK$3.50 ($0.45) each and "will be offered to shareholders for every two existing shares held."
France Moves Up As Sporting Nation
France overtook Germany as the most powerful sports nation in Europe in '12, according to Havas Sports & Entertainment’s 8th annual "Great Nations of Sport" study to be released Monday. The world’s top sporting nations -- U.S., China and Russia -- have finished in first, second and t ...
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Fox Sports Launches In Asia
Fox Int'l Channels will launch Fox Sports on TV, broadband, mobile and online in various countries in Asia beginning Monday. The launch, which follows News Corp.'s successful acquisition of ESPN's partnership interest in ESPN STAR Sports, will see all ESPN networks renamed as Fox Sports networks ac ...
Olympic Football Could Face Late Games
Teams qualifying for the knock-out stages of the 2020 Olympic football competitions "may face some late nights if Tokyo wins the right to stage the Games," according to David Owen of INSIDE WORLD FOOTBALL. The official bid book for the Japanese city, which was made public this month, indicates that ...
Thai FC Owner Plans F1 Track
Thai Premier League club Buriram United President Newin Chidchob, who is also a former politician, "plans to construct a Formula One racetrack" worth about 2B baht ($67M) in his Thailand hometown of Buri Ram, according to the BANGKOK POST. Chidchob, also known as "Thunder castle," has contacted Tilk ...
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