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Man City Begins $109M Nike Deal By Wearing New Kit On Its U.S. Tour Stops05 / 22 / 13Nike will pay Man City $18.2M annually, as reported in July , "for the next six years and the club will wear the new kit in both games" against Chelsea this week during exhibitions in St. Louis and N.Y. as "part of the two-game brand-building trans-Atlantic trip," according to Mark Ogden of the Lon... Tags: Marketing and Sponsorship, United Kingdom, North America |
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Hearts Rebuff Massone Bid
Scottish Premier League Heart of Midlothian FC has "rejected a takeover offer from the former owner of Livingston, believing Italian businessman Angelo Massone may not be the right person to take the club forward," according to the Scotland DAILY RECORD. The Italian revealed that he was fronting a & ...
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BT Planning Three New Sports Channels
British cable-TV provider BT Vision "is planning to roll out as many as three TV channels to broadcast the football, rugby and other sports content it has acquired for almost £1B ($1.6B) in recent months," according to Daniel Thomas of the FINANCIAL TIMES. The U.K. telecom group, which is clos ...
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ManU Signs With Turkish Bank
ManU revealed a four-year sponsorship with Turkish bank Denizbank. The new agreement, the first of its kind to be forged by the club and a Turkish bank, will give Denizbank the exclusive rights to offer the official Manchester United credit card to the club’s 9.5 million followers in Turkey. T ...
SPL Clubs Agree To Pursue Expansion Plans
Scottish Premier League clubs said that "they have unanimously agreed to pursue an expansion of the top flight," according to the BBC. Representatives of all 12 clubs "met at Hampden to discuss reconstruction, in response to recent proposals from the Scottish Football League." SPL clubs "will meet a ...
Group Backs Portsmouth Takeover
The Supporters Direct group "has hailed Portsmouth's fan-backed takeover as 'a landmark' moment that will set a precedent for more clubs to be run by supporters in the future," according to James Riach of the London GUARDIAN. The League One club is expecting its "ownership saga to be finalised by Ch ...
FIFA In Investigate Qatar Bid
FIFA’s top investigator has been called upon "to examine evidence that the winners of the right to host the 2022 World Cup secretly offered $1M to the son of one of the voters," according to the Calvert & Blake of the SUNDAY TIMES. Documents "passed to FIFA by the Sunday Times show the Qat ...
Hearts Owner Denies Club's Cash Crisis
Scottish Premier League club Heart of Midlothian Owner Vladimir Romanov "has finally broken his silence on the crisis at his stricken club" -- to deny it has financial problems, according to Lauren Crooks of the Scotland DAILY RECORD. The 65-year-old tycoon, "who has not been seen in Edinburgh for m ...
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SPL Reconstruction Plan To Spark Battle
The Scottish Premier League is planning "a radical overhaul" of its own status within Scottish football, including a thorough rebranding and a league reconstruction model involving 24 clubs, according to Graham Spiers of the HERALD SCOTLAND. Several SPL clubs will meet with SPL CEO Neil Doncaster Mo ...
IOC Criticizes Cricket Photo Ban
The IOC "has criticised Indian cricket authorities, accusing them of attacking press freedom by preventing photographers from covering games between Indian and England," according to the London TELEGRAPH. IOC Press Commission Chair Kevan Gosper has asked the Int'l Cricket Council "to intervene to al ...
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Snoop Dogg Wants To Invest In Celtic
Rapper SNOOP DOGG "has revealed he wants to buy a share" in Scottish club Celtic, according to Lauren Crooks of the Scotland DAILY RECORD. The L.A.-based hip hop artist said that he "wants a seat on the board and is ready to shell out millions to get involved at the Parkhead club." Snoop said that ...
