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EPL's Manchester City Partners With MLB Yankees To Own MLS Expansion Team In N.Y.05 / 22 / 13Major League Soccer Tuesday morning announced New York City FC, a partnership between EPL club Man City and MLB N.Y. Yankees, will begin play in '15 as the league's 20th team. The club will begin play in an interim venue since it has yet to complete a deal for a new, football-specific stadium. MLS f... Tags: Franchises, North America |
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Armstrong Foundation Has Record Day
Lance Armstrong's announcement that he was abandoning his fight against charges from the USADA pushed donations for his Livestrong Foundation to a record high on Friday, according to Gilles Festor of LE FIGARO. The foundation "was boosted by the increased media coverage around the probable loss of h ...
NFL Looking At Possible London Franchise
NFL U.K. Managing Dir Alistair Kirkwood said that the sport's global expansion plans are "slowly ticking all the right boxes," and American football could be "one step closer" to putting a franchise in London, according to Mark Pangallo of REUTERS. Kirkwood and his NFL U.K. staff have helped turn th ...
Tags: Leagues and Governing Bodies, United Kingdom, North America
NFL's Jags To Play At Wembley
The Jacksonville Jaguars and the NFL announced Tuesday that the team will play one home game in London for four years in a row, according to Mark Long of the AP. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and Owner Shahid Khan made a joint announcement about the move. The small-market franchise will play four g ...
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Beckham Nets $16M In Sponsorships
David Beckham "took home a whopping £13.3M ($16.4M) from sponsorship deals last year," according to McGuire & Thorogood of THE SUN. Beckham's "golden haul" was up £1.7M ($2.1M) on the year before and it came on top of his £2.5M ($3.1M) salary from the MLS L.A. Galaxy. Last mont ...
Dwyane Wade Considering Li-Ning
Sneaker magazine Sole Collector's Nick DePaula tweeted Thursday: "Hearing from several people that Dwyane Wade will likely leave Jordan Brand and sign with Li-Ning. Huge shift," according to Jon Pastuszek of NIUBBALL.com. The news follows Jordan Brand canceling his Fly Wade 3's, "and the two sides a ...
Tags: Marketing and Sponsorship, China, North America, Li Ning
ManU Shares Fall After Van Persie Deal
ManU's £24M ($37.8M) four-year deal to sign Arsenal striker Robin van Persie "may have pleased the team’s fans," but the club’s shares "fell to their lowest price" since listing on the N.Y. Stock Exchange a week ago, according to Thompson & Makan of the FINANCIAL TIMES. Van Per ...
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NBA, Kitbag To Launch Online Store
The NBA has agreed to a multi-year partnership with Europe’s leading online sports retailer, Kitbag, to launch the league’s official online store for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Set to launch in September, NBAStore.eu will offer NBA-branded products from the league’s offici ...
Dick's Writes Off JJB Venture
Dick's Sporting Goods has written off the value of its investment in JJB Sports, five months "after ploughing £20M into the lossmaking business," according to Jennifer Thompson of the FINANCIAL TIMES. The U.S. retailer that invested £20M in JJB back in April disclosed a "pre-tax impairme ...
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ManU IPO Valued At $14 A Share
Shares in ManU’s initial public offering were priced at $14, below the $16 to $20 price range that underwriting banks had initially set, according to Mackenzie & Cotterill of the FINANCIAL TIMES. The lower price means the club and owners the Glazer family "will raise around $234M from the ...
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Patron Ends Talks With Goals Soccer
Private equity group Patron Capital "walked away from the battle to take control of Goals Soccer Centres," leaving a Canadian pension fund as the only prospective buyer for the five-a-side football pitch operator, according to Hammond & Sakoui of the FINANCIAL TIMES. Patron "had planned to bolt ...
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