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David Beckham To Retire From Football May 26, Remembered As Sporting Icon05 / 17 / 13DAVID BECKHAM "has retired from football," according to Sarah Ebner of the LONDON TIMES. The 38-year-old, who "transcended the sport," has decided "to call it a day after winning the league title in France with Paris Saint-Germain." He is the first British player to win such a title in four differ... Tags: People and Pop Culture, United Kingdom, North America, Europe |
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Red Bull Was Not Invited To FOTA
Red Bull Racing F1 Team Principal Christian Horner explained that "his team was not invited to the Formula One Team Association meeting on the morning of the Japanese Grand Prix, and therefore he does not know what was discussed," according to Frederik Hackbarth of MOTORSPORT MAGAZIN. Ten of the 12 ...
Turkish Open To Star On European Tour
The European Tour, the Turkish Golf Federation and Int'l Sports Management revealed the Turkish Open, a new $7M event, as the penultimate tournament on the 2013 European Tour Int'l schedule. The 78-man field tournament will be played from Nov. 7-10, 2013, at the Montgomerie Maxx Royal, Belek, Antaly ...
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Football Notes
Dutch Eredivisie club Ajax Amsterdam is "charging fans more" to watch Manchester City than it did at last week's match with Real Madrid. Man City fans are being asked "to shell out an eye-watering €80 ($103)" for the Oct. 24 match, which is €15 ($19) more than Real Madrid fans paid. B ...
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Nuremberg Closer To Being Debt Free
Bundesliga club FC Nuremberg "revealed its financial numbers for the '11-12 fiscal year and seems to be on a good way to become debt free," according to the SID. The club generated €4M ($5.2M) in profits during the '11-12 fiscal year and was able to reduce its debt to €2.3M ($3M). Accordin ...
Turkey Looks To Impress Golf World
The man charged with overseeing the running of this week's inaugural Turkish Airlines World Golf Finals said Turkey's biggest problem is "nobody there plays golf," according to Ewan Murray of the London GUARDIAN. Retired English golfer and current Managing Dir of sports management firm ISM Chubby Ch ...
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ManU And Real Madrid Top Shirt Sales
ManU and Real Madrid have "sold an average of 1.4 million official replica shirts globally each of the past five years -- more than any other clubs in the world," according to Harris & Miller of SPORTINGINTELLIGENCE. The commercial giants of English and Spanish football wear kits made by Nike an ...
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Red Bull Keeps Marketing Train Moving
Austrian energy drink producer Red Bull has "managed to establish its brand as an integral part of extreme sports and competitive sports marketing," according to WIRTSCHAFTSBLATT.at. Austrian extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner's "daredevil" jump from out of space "could turn this status into a mythos ...
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Dusseldorf ATP Tournament On Eurosport
The new ATP 250 series tournament, which replaces the ATP World Team Cup competition, at the Rochusclub in Dusseldorf, Germany has "found a new co-organizer with former tennis professional Rainer Schüttler," according to the DPA. The 36-year-old, who recently retired from professional tennis, " ...
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Germany Unveils Cup Bonuses
Each player of the German national football team "could earn up to €200,000 ($260,000) in bonuses if the team successfully qualifies for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil," according to the DPA. The German Football Federation (DFB) "agreed to pay a victory bonus of €20,000 ($26,000) per qualifi ...
Turkish Tournament Runs Afoul Of PGA
The Turkish Airlines World Golf Final will be going up against "a big event in the fall series,” the Frys.com Open, according to Golf World senior writer Tim Rosaforte. Fry's Electronics CEO John Fry is a “deep-pocketed new sponsor (and) wants into the regular season” but ISM Found ...
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