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Bundesliga Says Date Change To 2022 Qatar World Cup Could Lead To Legal Challenges05 / 23 / 13Germany's Bundesliga "has warned that any attempt to move the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to the winter could lead to legal challenges by European leagues," according to the BBC. UEFA President Michel Platini said that the World Cup could be moved, "but European leagues might be disrupted for up t... |
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Int'l Golfers Try Night Golf In Dubai
Golfers from different nations will head to The Track golf course at Meydan in Dubai, UAE, "for the inaugural World Night Golf Championship" on Wednesday, according to Jaydip Sengupta of GULF NEWS. The "individual stableford event is aimed at players of different nationalities who will compete head- ...
F1 Signs Five-Year Deal With Emirates
Emirates Airlines Tuesday announced a five-year sponsorship of F1 in a deal with F1 CEO Bernie Ecclestone "understood to be worth as much as" $200M, according to Meenaghan & Cronin of THE NATIONAL. The announcement marks Emirates' "first foray into elite motorsport for seven years and will resul ...
Ecclestone: F1 Schedule To Stay At 19
F1 CEO Bernie Ecclestone confirmed that a 20th grand prix "will not be added to the Formula One calendar this year," according to Gary Meenaghan of THE NATIONAL. Ecclestone, however, did say he is certain the schedule will return to its full capacity in '14 after he was left "very impressed" by prog ...
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Emirates, F1 To Sign $200M Deal
F1 CEO Bernie Ecclestone "is expected to seal a sponsorship deal for Formula One with Emirates Airlines" in Dubai on Tuesday worth about $200M, according to Kerr & Blitz of the FINANCIAL TIMES. Ecclestone is understood to have convinced Emirates to sign a five-year deal that in terms of size "wo ...
Tags: Marketing and Sponsorship, United Kingdom, Middle East
Omega Looks To Extend Dubai Golf Deals
Swiss watchmaker Omega VP & Int'l Sales Dir Raynald Aeschlimann "has expressed confidence" in extending the brand's five-year title sponsorship of the Dubai Desert Classic and Ladies Masters golf tournament when it expires next year, according to Ashley Hammond of GULF NEWS. Aeschlimann said tha ...
Al Nasr To Be Awarded $6M In Damages
UAE Pro-League Al Nasr is due €4.5M ($6.1M) in compensation after its former player Esmail Bangoura was ruled to "have breached his contract" with the Dubai club when he joined French Ligue 2 side Nantes in Jan. '12, according to GULF NEWS. FIFA’s Dispute Resolution Chamber ruled that Nan ...
Mena Golf Tour Expands To 11 Events
Mena Golf Tour Chair Mohamed Juma Buamaim has "delivered on his promise to expand the competition for its third season" after announcing the addition of five events, according to John McAuley of THE NATIONAL. The '13 schedule, which runs from March through November, will feature 11 tournaments. New ...
UAE Launches 2019 Asian Cup Bid
The UAE FA has "made a formal bid to host the 2019 Asian Cup," according to Ahmed Abbas Rizvi of THE NATIONAL. The FA sent in its papers to the Asian Football Confederation on the final day of accepting bids. It "will be competing against six nations" -- Bahrain, Lebanon, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Thailan ...
Tags: International Football, Middle East, Asia
EPL Awards Media Rights To MP & Silva
The Premier League "has awarded the live audio visual broadcast rights for the 23-nation Middle East and North Africa region to media agency MP & Silva," according to the BBC. The deal covers all 380 EPL matches each season, from seasons '13-14 to '15-16. The firm "will be the exclusive distribu ...
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Football Notes
The Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank revealed that it "has awarded each player in the UAE National football team, who won the Gulf Cup in Bahrain earlier this month, with a first-class ticket to any destination in the world on Etihad Airways" ( GULF NEWS, 1/30 ). ... Senegal will play its next World Cup foo ...
