Montreal In Talks About F1 Extension Bolt Coach Calls For Anti-Doping Lab America's Cup Steering Toward Disaster Man City Best-Paid Global Sports Team Future Of Canadian F1 GP In Jeopardy UFC Eyes Mexico For Expansion EPL Revenue To Top £3B For First Time Under Armour Unveils Int'l Growth Plans Fox Awarded Euro, World Cup Rights Emirates Inks Jersey Deal With Cosmos
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Canadian GP In Talks With F1 About 10-Year Extension For Montreal Race Until '2406 / 18 / 13Canadian F1 Grand Prix promoter Francois Dumontier said that "the race is negotiating a new ten-year contract extension," according to ESPN. The Montreal race's "agreement ends next year," yet talks between F1 Management -- led by CEO Bernie Ecclestone -- and the different levels of government "bega... |
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Bolt Coach Calls For Anti-Doping Lab
Usain Bolt's coach Glen Mills said that the Jamaican government "needs to establish an accredited anti-doping laboratory to protect its world-class athletes from taking contaminated substances," according to Kayon Raynor of REUTERS. Mills, who mentors Bolt and world 100m champion Yohan Blake, said t ...
America's Cup Steering Toward Disaster
The America's Cup continues to cartwheel toward "ever-mounting disaster," according to Dana Johannsen of the NEW ZEALAND HERALD. Desperately "in need of an injection of confidence following last month's tragedy on San Francisco Bay, the beleaguered event is reeling from another series of setbacks, f ...
Man City Best-Paid Global Sports Team
Manchester City is the highest-paid team in global sport according to Sportingintelligence’s Global Sports Salaries Survey for '13, compiled in association with ESPN The Magazine and published this week to coincide with The Magazine’s "Money Issue." The average first-team pay at Man City ...
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Future Of Canadian F1 GP In Jeopardy
The Canadian F1 Grand Prix "is popular with drivers and fans, however its place on the series' calendar is in jeopardy," according to the KURIER. The contract between the racetrack operators and F1 CEO Bernie Ecclestone expires in '14, and a targeted 10-year extension "is still not in sight." The re ...
UFC Eyes Mexico For Expansion
After years of UFC “teasing the possibility, Mexico finally could be next” for league expansion, according to Dann Stupp of USA TODAY. UFC to date has “never ventured south of the border despite Mexico's quickly growing circuit of regional fight promotions.” But the “pi ...
EPL Revenue To Top £3B For First Time
A study released by Deloitte showed the combined revenue of Premier League teams "will leap to more than" £3B ($4.6B) for the first time next season, according to Alex Duff of BLOOMBERG. In its Annual Review of Football Finance, Deloitte said that revenue will increase by about £600M ($9 ...
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Under Armour Unveils Int'l Growth Plans
Under Armour Founder, President & CEO Kevin Plank and other company execs Wednesday during the company's Investor Day "detailed a three-year plan" to reach $4B in revenue by '16, representing "nearly double what the company expects to take in this year," according to Chris Korman of the Baltimor ...
Fox Awarded Euro, World Cup Rights
Fox Sports Media Group and UEFA have entered into a multi-media rights agreement for all Euro 2016 and 2018 World Cup European qualifying matches. FSMG has also agreed to sublicense half the game inventory to ESPN for carriage on its TV and digital assets. The rights are exclusive in the U.S., non-e ...
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Emirates Inks Jersey Deal With Cosmos
Emirates airline has agreed to a multi-year deal as jersey sponsor of the reborn N.Y. Cosmos, which will begin play in the North American Soccer League this August. The deal will be announced at a press conference featuring Pelé in N.Y. on Tuesday. Outside of some hospitality deals, the Cosmo ...
Ali, Adidas Team Up For Apparel Line
Muhammad Ali Enterprises "has teamed up with Double D, the exclusive worldwide licensee for adidas combat sports," in a multi-year partnership brokered and managed by IMG Licensing, according to FIBRE2FASHION. Double D is aligning with "'The Greatest' to launch a collection of technical apparel and ...
