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German Football Clubs Setting Example On, Off Pitch Ahead Of Champions Final05 / 24 / 13Champions League finalists Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund "are the envy of football fans across Europe for the way the German clubs run their business as well as their success on the field," according to Grohmann & Weir of REUTERS. Bayern and Dortmund are the top two teams in the Bundesliga... Tags: International Football, Europe |
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Leeds, England has "won the race" to host the opening stages of the Tour de France in 2014, according to the YORKSHIRE EVENING POST. After a "hard-fought bid by Welcome to Yorkshire," it has now been confirmed that Leeds will be "the official host city for the opening stages of the world’s big ...
HSV Loses $8.7M In '11-12 Fiscal Year
Bundesliga club Hamburg SV "has released its financial numbers for the '11-12 fiscal year in which it lost €6.6M ($8.7M)," according to the NDR. During the '10-11 fiscal year, the club lost almost €5M. Club Chair Carl-Edgar Jarchow said, "This is obviously not the result we were wishing fo ...
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AC Milan Partners With Chinese Team
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Ecclestone: Too Many F1 Teams
F1 CEO Bernie Ecclestone said that the departure of Spanish team HRT from F1 still leaves the sport with "one team too many," according to Alan Baldwin of REUTERS. The move leaves 11 teams and 22 cars on the starting grid. Ecclestone: "I'd rather have 10. I never wanted 12. It's just that 10 is easi ...
Anti-Doping On UCI Consultation Agenda
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Euro 2012 Tops German TV Ratings
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