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Int'l Ice Hockey Federation Awards 2017 World Championship To Germany, France05 / 20 / 13The 2013 Int'l Ice Hockey Federation Annual Congress allocated the 2017 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship to Cologne, Germany and Paris. The German-French bid received 63 votes from the delegates. The other bid with Copenhagen, Denmark and Riga, Latvia got 45 votes. Cologne is a well-known venue fo... Tags: Events and Attractions, Europe |
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Sky, Telekom Agree On Distribution Deal
German pay-TV channel Sky and telecom company Deutsche Telekom "have reached an agreement that will allow Telekom customers to continue to watch Bundesliga football in '13-14," according to the FRANKFURTER RUNDSCHAU. Sky Deutschland, which will be the sole TV rights holder of the 1st and 2nd Bundesl ...
Blatter Steps Into AC Milan Racism
FIFA President Sepp Blatter has given his support to AC Milan midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng, who on Friday walked off the pitch during an exhibition match after being racially abused by spectators, but added that "such actions do not represent a solution and the only way to deal with racism in foo ...
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Panathinaikos Abandoned By Prince
Saudi Prince Faisal bin Abdulaziz Nasser bin Abdulaziz Al Saud announced Saturday that "he is abandoning plans to buy out financially-troubled" Superleague Greece club Panathinaikos, according to the AFP. Faisal said he made the move after the Athens team's shareholders rejected "a very comprehensiv ...
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ARD, ZDF Post Top Winter Sports Ratings
German public broadcasters ARD and ZDF "obtained top ratings with their winter sports broadcasts on Friday," according to Manuel Nunez Sanchez of QUOTEN METER. The third of four ski jumping events of the annual Vierschanzentournee from Innsbruck, Austria, which aired on ARD, "attracted an average of ...
Racist Chants Prompt AC Milan To Leave
Former Tottenham and Portsmouth midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng "left the field in protest after suffering what his club AC Milan described as racist abuse during a friendly" on Thursday, according to Richard Arrowsmith of the London DAILY MIRROR. The game between Milan and fourth division Pro Patri ...
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Rudi Völler Calls For More Sunday Games
Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen Sport Dir Rudi Völler "is calling for a schedule change in favor of more Sunday matches to help the Bundesliga's Europa League participants," according to KICKER. Only on five matchweeks per season does the Bundesliga allow three Sunday games. The German Footbal ...
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Niki Lauda Wants To Focus On Mercedes
Air Berlin said that retired triple F1 champion NIKI LAUDA has left its board "so he can devote more time to his new role with LEWIS HAMILTON 's Mercedes F1 team," according to Alan Baldwin of REUTERS. Austrian Lauda "was named as non-exec chairman of the British-based team's board when '08 cham ...
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German Handball Nets New Title Sponsor
The German Handball Federation (DHB) has signed a new title and shirt sponsorship deal with online department store getgoods.de. The Germany-based company will be featured on the jersey's of the men's national team. Getgoods.de made its debut on the chest of the players in Germany's exhibition game ...
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DFL Managing Dir Expresses New Ideas
Newly-appointed German Football League (DFL) Managing Dir Andreas Rettig "wants to think outside the box in his new position," according to DER WESTEN. One of Rettig's goals is "the improvement of physical education in Germany's schools as well as to put the core business back into the spotlight." R ...
Sky Extends PGA Tour Deal Through '15
German pay-TV channel Sky Deutschland has extended its media rights deal with the U.S. PGA Tour for another three years through '15. The agreement provides Sky with the exclusive live TV rights to the tour in Austria and Germany. In addition to the live TV rights, Sky also secured the IPTV and mobil ...
