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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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Charnpanich Demands FA Election Date
Former Thailand national football team Manager Virach Charnpanich "has urged the Sports Authority of Thailand to confirm a date for the FA of Thailand presidential election," according to Tor Chittinand of the BANGKOK POST. The election "was originally scheduled to be held between March and June." C ...
Tags: Leagues and Governing Bodies, Asia
K-League To See Changes In 2013
The year '13 marks the 30th anniversary of South Korea's professional football league, the K-League, which is looking to "put in place major changes," such as the inauguration of a two-tier division, according to Park & Moon of the KOREA JOONGANG DAILY. Two bottom teams of the 16 K-League teams, ...
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Bangladesh Shelves Pakistan Tour
Bangladesh has shelved the first planned int'l cricket tour of Pakistan since an '09 terror attack on Sri Lanka's bus due to "safety grounds," according to the AFP. Bangladesh Cricket Board President Nazmul Hassan said that the proposed tour "had been put off indefinitely amid fears over players' sa ...
Beckham's China Future Denied
Despite recent reports in English newspapers that David Beckham has been in talks with Chinese Super League club Shanghai Shenhua to make about $404,000 a week, a club insider revealed he is actually "unlikely" to be signed by the team, according to Daniel Ren of the SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST. The ...
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Tokyo 2020 Proposes 'Compact Games'
A master plan that will be submitted by the Tokyo 2020 bid committee on Monday will transform the possibility of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo to a "compact Games," according to the YOMIURI SHIMBUN. The proposal includes competition venues and 87,000 hotel rooms for visitors concentrated within ...
Rogge To Check On PyeongChang Venue
IOC President Jacques Rogge "is expected to visit" South Korea at the end of January to check up on preparations for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, "especially the troubled financial status of one of its main venues," according to Kang Seung-woo of the KOREA TIMES. Predictions are that the 20 ...
Hero MotoCorp Will Sponsor HIL
Motorcycle manufacturer Hero MotoCorp signed a multi-year deal with Hockey India "to take title sponsorship of its ambitious franchise-based league," Hockey India League, according to INDIAN TELEVISION. The deal will see the tournament called Hero Hockey India League and "underlines Hero MotoCorp's ...
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Beckham In Talks With China Club
David Beckham "is in talks with a Chinese Super League club," and a contract with Shanghai Shenhua "would earn Becks £250,000 ($404,000) a week and £20M ($32.3M) in merchandising deals," according to Katie Hind of THE PEOPLE. The move is being "personally masterminded by TV's pop idol mo ...
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BCCI Changes Australia Tour Schedule
The Board of Control for Cricket in India has "changed the schedule for the upcoming tour by Australia," moving the third Test from Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh to Hyderabad, the capital of Andhra Pradesh, according to Will Davies of the WALL STREET JOURNAL's India Real Time blog. The Australian cricket ...
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Tokyo 2020 To Submit Bid Jan. 7
The Tokyo bid committee announced that reigning FIFA Women's World Player of the Year Homare Sawa "will present Tokyo's candidature file for the 2020 Olympics to the IOC next month," according to KYODO. Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose said, "We must make the bid a success at all costs." Sawa will submit the ...
