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HSBC, Adidas, Land Rover Among Returning Sponsors For British & Irish Lions Tour06 / 19 / 13The British & Irish Lions Tour of Hong Kong and Australia is expected to generate a £4M ($6.2M) profit "to be shared by the four home rugby football unions," according to Anuj Gangahar of the FINANCIAL TIMES. With the tour costing about £14M ($21M), "it is no surprise... |
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Bill Will Boost Power Of ASADA
Witnesses who fail to cooperate with the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority "will face civil penalties under a new bill set to impact profoundly on Australian sport," according to Samantha Lane of the SYDNEY MORNING HERALD. A representative for Federal Sports Minister Kate Lundy confirmed on We ...
Ecclestone: F1 Schedule To Stay At 19
F1 CEO Bernie Ecclestone confirmed that a 20th grand prix "will not be added to the Formula One calendar this year," according to Gary Meenaghan of THE NATIONAL. Ecclestone, however, did say he is certain the schedule will return to its full capacity in '14 after he was left "very impressed" by prog ...
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NRL Co-Owner Pondering Sell Of Shares
National Rugby League side South Sydney Rabbitohs co-Owner Peter Holmes a Court "is set to announce this week" whether to join actor Russell Crowe in selling his 37.5% stake in the club, according to Brad Walter of the SYDNEY MORNING HERALD. Holmes a Court "has been considering what to do with his s ...
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Indian Premier League Auction
Proven Test cricket players Michael Clarke and Ricky Ponting's "high-risk strategy of placing the maximum Indian Premier League auction price on their heads only barely paid off as teams instead clamoured over Australia's unproven all-rounders and three pacemen well down the national team's pecking ...
NRL Signs Three-Year Deal With Holden
The National Rugby League has partnered with Australian automaker, Holden, in a three-year deal. Holden will support every level of the game, from grassroots communities to the top Australian Rugby League team, the Holden Kangaroos. The deal will see Holden become the major sponsor of prizes for the ...
Swimming Australia Name New CEO
Former British Swimming High Performance Dir Michael Scott "is expected to become" the new Swimming Australia CEO after turning down the role of high performance director at Athletics Australia, according to Nicole Jeffery of THE AUSTRALIAN. It "has been an open secret for the past month that Scott ...
ARB Vows Offenders Won't Get Rails Run
The Australian Racing Board has drawn a ''line in the sand'' by imposing harsher minimum penalties for jockeys betting in races in which they are riding and raceday tubing of horses, according to Patrick Bartley of the SYDNEY MORNING HERALD. The ARB "announced stiffer penalties for several offences, ...
NRL, Players Close To New CBA Deal
Interim Australian Rugby League Commission CEO Shane Mattiske "is confident the long-awaited collective bargaining agreement with National Rugby League players will be signed off within the next week," according to the AAP. An in-principle agreement "was made with the Rugby League Players Associatio ...
Marngrook Footy Show Airs Now On SBS
The Australian "Marngrook Footy Show," dumped by the ABC at the end of last year, "has been given a new life on SBS after a groundswell of support" of those angered that the ground-breaking Aussie rules football show was being killed off, according to Michael Gleeson of THE AGE. The show, which bega ...
A-League Club Could Get Asian Owners
Football Federation Australia insists that "it is delighted by the prospect of another A-League club" moving toward foreign ownership, after the Central Coast Mariners revealed that two Asian clubs "were in talks to inject substantial capital" into the Gosford-based club, according to Tom Smithies o ...
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