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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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The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has decided to let go of head coach LUIS MILLA and trainer JUAN CARLOS MARTINEZ CASTREJO . The decision came after the team "did not meet the objectives" for the Olympics. They did not win any of their three games in the group stage ( MARCA, 8/7 ). ... Gre ...
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Vietnam, Czech Opening Golf Courses
Project management firm IGRM has handed over the completed Laguna Lang Co golf course in Vietnam to the developers "to prepare for opening," according to GOLF COURSE ARCHITECTURE. The course was designed by Nick Faldo's practice and has been in developmental stages for several years. IGRM oversaw th ...
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ESPN Agrees To Five-Year Deal With SPL And Rangers
ESPN "has followed Sky Sports" in agreeing to a five-year contract with Scottish football, according to the PA. ESPN "will screen 30 Scottish Premier League games and 10 Rangers games from the Third Division," including three from Ibrox. ESPN's coverage begins on Sunday with Dundee United's season o ...
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Bundesliga Nearing 500,000 Ticket Sales
The 18 German Bundesliga clubs "have already sold 480,595 season tickets for the 50th anniversary season of the league," according to the DPA. This means the league is on the same pace as last years record-breaking season ticket sales number of 480,835. Each club has sold an average of 26,700 season ...
DEL Media Partners Release List Of Live Games
The German Hockey League (DEL) and its media partners, TV channel ServusTV and website www.laola1.tv, released a first list of live games that they will broadcast in the upcoming season. The '12-13 DEL season starts in six weeks on Sept. 14 with the Rhineland derby between the Cologne Sharks and the ...
UEFA Awards Media Rights In Kazakhstan, Albania
UEFA has awarded the free-to-air media rights for the '12-15 Champions League and Europa League to KTK in Kazakhstan. Commercial broadcaster KTK will show a live match each matchnight in respect of the Champions League and the best live match each kick-off slot in respect of the Europa League. Live ...
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German Bundesliga club SV Werder Bremen extended its sponsorship deal with solar company SIG Solar Group for the upcoming '12-13 season. The extension was brokered by Werder Bremen's sports marketing partner Infront Sports & Media. SIG Solar has been a partner of the club since the '11-12 season ...
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Media Notes
The SID noted German free-to-air sports TV channel Sport1 "will broadcast live the Supercup games of the German national basketball team." The annual Supercup tournament, which starts on Aug. 11, will also feature the national basketball teams of Finland, Turkey and Poland. Sport1 will start its bro ...
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Bolt's Gold Draws Huge Ratings Worldwide
Usain Bolt's 100m final win was watched by more than 20 million BBC viewers on Sunday night -- the London Games' "biggest U.K. audience to date outside of the Opening Ceremony," according to John Plunkett of the London GUARDIAN. A total of 19.4 million viewers watched Bolt win his second 100m Gold o ...
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Olympic Athletes Let Loose
You can "hardly blame them for wanting to let their hair down, and that's certainly what the U.S. swim team did over the weekend as they celebrated their medal successes," according to the London DAILY MAIL. Eleven-time Olympic champion RYAN LOCHTE was joined by his American teammates and female f ...
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