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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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Bundesliga Heading For Free TV In Italy
The German Football League's (DFL) commercial arm, DFL Sports Enterprise, "entered a new way of foreign marketing for Bundesliga media rights," according to Petra Schwegler of W&V. The Bundesliga's top games "will be available live and free of charge on online news and sports portals in Ita ...
Hannover In Talks With Possible Investor
German Hockey League (DEL) club Hannover Scorpions "is in talks with Russian businessman Sergey Egorov about a possible stake in the club," according to the DPA. Egorov, who owns construction and oil company Arcticmorgeo, "allegedly arrived in Hannover Monday for a second round of talks." Scorpions ...
Platini's FFP Will Define His Legacy
UEFA President Michel Platini's tenure will "probably be defined by his Financial Fair Play legacy," according to Graham Ruthven of the N.Y. TIMES. Platini said, “We are never going back on this. We wanted to revolutionize European football when we first introduced this idea.” Since Plat ...
Tags: International Football, Europe
SAP Partners With NFL Team
German software corporation SAP finalized a deal with the NFL San Francisco 49ers to be "a founding partner for its new stadium," according to Eric Young of the S.F. BUSINESS TIMES. The deal makes SAP the team’s "exclusive business software, statistics and performance partner." As part of the ...
Heidenheim Stadium Upgrade
German Third League football club Heidenheim "can finally start planning its stadium upgrade after the municipal council gave the green light for the €6.5M ($8.4M) investment," according to Jannik Gottwald of LIGA3-ONLINE.de. The upgrade of the south stand and the club youth academy "will be fi ...
Tags: Facilities, Europe
HBL Extends Rights Deal With Sport1
The German Handball Bundesliga (HBL) "extended its TV contract with private-TV channel Sport1 through the '16-17 season," according to the DPA. Sport1 "will continue to be Germany's handball channel No.1." The Munich-based TV channel and the HBL extended their contract, "which expires in '13," for a ...
Schalke Releases Its Mid-Year Numbers
Bundesliga club Schalke 04 "released its mid-year financial numbers, which showed the club generated €77.9M ($100.5M) in revenue," according to the SID. Over the same time period last year, Schalke "generated revenue of €134.8M." The drastic decrease is due to "reduced income from player t ...
F1 Leads RTL And Sky To High Ratings
The Singapore F1 Grand Prix, the year's only night race, "obtained high ratings" for both free-to-air TV channel RTL and pay-TV channel Sky in Germany, according to Manuel Weis of QUOTENMETR.de. RTL's broadcast of Sunday's two-hour race "was watched by a very strong" 5.19 million viewers. The peak a ...
Superbike WC Adds Two Circuits
In a deal brokered by Infront Sports & Media, the eni FIM Superbike World Championship has added two new circuits for '13-15. The event will visit Spain's Jerez de la Frontera Oct. 18-20, which has been confirmed as the final round of the '13 season. The only time that World Superbike has raced ...
UEFA Grants China, Finland Media Rights
UEFA has awarded media rights for the '12-15 UEFA Europa League in China to Great Sports Media, a subsidiary of Shanghai Media Group. Each matchweek, one live match and a highlights program will be broadcast on Great Sports, BesTV and Power Sports. In addition, Great Sports will sublicense each matc ...
