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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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Companies Want Long-Term Contracts
One of the two companies approved by football’s lawmakers to "provide technology to settle disputed goals" said that it wants to "sign long contracts with leagues and federations before new entrants join the market," according to Tariq Panja of BLOOMBERG. Germany’s Fraunhofer IIS’s ...
Munich Mayor Rejects Citizens Initiative
Munich Mayor Christian Ude "rejected the idea of a city council member to let a citizens initiative decide a possible bid by Munich for the 2022 Winter Olympics," according to the SID. Ude clarified that there is "an agreement between all partners of a Munich Olympic bid" that says a further Munich ...
Hannover 96 Tests GoalRef Technology
Bundesliga club Hannover 96 has been the league's first club "to test the GoalRef goal-line technology," according to the SID. Hannover 96 replacement goaltender Markus Miller said, "I had the feeling that the ball was a little bit heavier. As a result it is flying straighter." With the GoalRef tech ...
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Polygraph Tests Reduce Football Cheats
Football match-fixing in Singapore has "been reduced by compulsory lie detector tests for players as the country tries to stop criminal syndicates infiltrating the game," according to Tariq Panja of BLOOMBERG. Lie detection tests were introduced to the players' code of conduct in Singapore's S-Leagu ...
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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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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