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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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LOCOG Sponsor Ads Say 'Thank You'
A timely and succinct press ad from LOCOG sponsor BT "appeared to capture public sentiment" Monday, declaring "London, take a bow," according to Arif Durrani of CAMPAIGN LIVE. The copy in the double page Metro ad celebrates the successes of Team GB’s Paralympic and Olympic athletes, tallying ...
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Bundesliga Signs Deal With North Korea
North Korean TV channel KCTV "will reportedly broadcast German Bundesliga games, starting in mid-September," according to Stefan Merx of the WALL STREET JOURNAL DEUTSCHLAND. DFL Sports Enterprises CEO Jörg Daubitzer, who is in charge of the Bundesliga's foreign marketing, "confirmed the deal." ...
TV Show Reveals Liverpool's Struggles
EPL club Liverpool's "transfer window bungling is exposed in the first episode of a fly-on-the-wall TV series about the club," according to Nick Harris of the London DAILY MAIL. In the six-part documentary, Manager Brendan Rodgers insists, "it would 'take something incredible' for Andy Carroll to le ...
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Cavendish Leaves Team Sky
British cyclist MARK CAVENDISH , a key component in Team Sky, announced that he "wishes to leave Britain's premier cycling team less than a year after he signed for the squad," according to Alasdair Fotheringham of the London INDEPENDENT. It means the world's No. 1 sprinter "is no longer willing to ...
Ratings Record For Peacock's 100m Gold
Unofficial overnight figures revealed that a "record Paralympics athletic audience of 6.3 million people tuned in to Channel 4" to watch Team GB's Jonnie Peacock snatch the T44 100m crown from Oscar Pistorius" Thursday night, according to Arif Durrani of BRAND REPUBLIC. The five minute peak audience ...
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Paralympics End With Coldplay, Rihanna
The Closing Ceremony of the "most successful Paralympic Games rounded off a spectacular summer of sport in Britain," according to Tom Pilcher of REUTERS. The Olympic Stadium once again hosted a "memorable party for athletes and fans alike" on Sunday. Paralympians "rose and joined in with the Mexican ...
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Global X-Games With German Flair
Organizers of the Global X-Games Munich promise "a spectacle with a German flair" for the inaugrual event in '13, according to the SID. ESPN Program Chief Scott Guglielmino said that it will produce a "distinctive event, real German X-Games" between July 27-30. Munich can look forward to about 120,0 ...
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Hamilton Considering Move To Mercedes
Former F1 Team Principal EDDIE JORDAN said that British F1 driver LEWIS HAMILTON "is on the verge of leaving McLaren to drive for Mercedes next season," according to Andrew Benson of the BBC. Jordan said that Hamilton will replace MICHAEL SCHUMACHER , who "will retire from driving for a s ...
Basketball Without Borders Set For Russia
The NBA, Int'l Basketball Federation (FIBA) and Russian Basketball Federation will host Basketball without Borders Europe in Russia for the first time. The camp will take place in Moscow from Sept. 13-16 and will be led by Russian NBA players Andrei Kirilenko , Alexey Shved (Minnesota Timberwolve ...
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Beko-BBL CEO Charts Course For League
Germany's top-flight basketball league, the Beko Basketball Bundesliga (Beko-BBL), is coming off a very successful '11-12 season. It set a new attendance record with more than 1.3 million fans attending the 306 league games. The league acquired a second TV partner in the offseason, and with Bayern M ...
