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Roberto Mancini Takes Out Manchester Evening News Ad To Thank City Fans05 / 20 / 13Former Man City coach ROBERTO MANCINI Sunday used the pages of the Manchester Evening News to thank City fans for their support during his three-year reign at the Etihad, according to Tom Brooks-Pollock of the MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS. Mancini -- who has not spoken to the media in England... |
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U.K. Athletics Looking For New Sponsors
After the 2012 London Games when U.K. Athletics "commanded a rare place at the centre of British sporting life, it must now fill a gap left by the exit of long-term sponsor Aviva," according to Keith Weir of REUTERS. U.K. Athletics new Commercial Dir Sophia Warner is "aiming to recruit a core group ...
BBC To Broadcast UCI Track Cycling
The Int'l Cycling Union Track Cycling World Cup in Glasgow, Scotland from Nov. 16-18 will be broadcast on BBC TV -- including the red button -- and online at bbc.co.uk/sport. The event sold out within an hour and will be the first major int'l track cycling event in the U.K. since the Summer Olympics ...
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ATP Tour Finals To Stay In London
London will host the ATP World Tour Finals through '15 after the men's tennis governing body revealed a "two-year contract extension" on Wednesday, according to Martyn Herman of REUTERS. The O2 Arena on the banks of the River Thames has "staged the season-ending showpiece" since '09, and the origina ...
Revamped Twickenham Reopens
England's rugby headquarters, Twickenham stadium, which reopens against Fiji on Saturday, is now "the most-advanced rugby ground in Europe," according to Gavin Mairs of the London TELEGRAPH. The Rugby Football Union "wants to turn Twickenham into a 'fortress' by encouraging supporters to adopt the r ...
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Betfair Retreats From Germany
Online gambling group Betfair "has withdrawn its online sports betting exchange in Germany, blaming the country's gambling tax regime for making its main product unviable," according to Simon Goodley of the London GUARDIAN's Market Forces Live Blog. The company "has been arguing with German tax au ...
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EPL's Best-Selling Jerseys Revealed
EPL club Aston Villa has "revealed that an astonishing 70% of shirts sold" at its official Villa Stores have 'Benteke 20' on the back," according to Sam Cunningham of the London DAILY MAIL. Reflecting on the news, Christian Benteke said: "I am lost for words. It's nice to know that sort of thing. It ...
Bradley Wiggins Injured In Car Accident
Tour de France winner and Olympic Gold Medalist BRADLEY WIGGINS "is recovering in hospital after a collision with a car" Wednesday, according to the LANCASHIRE TELEGRAPH. The 32-year-old Wiggins "was thrown off his bike when a white Vauxhaul Astra is thought to have pulled out of a petrol station ...
ManU To Honor Ferguson With Statue
ManU will mark ALEX FERGUSON ’s 26th anniversary as "the club's most successful manager" by unveiling a statue outside Old Trafford in his honor this month, according to James Ducker of the LONDON TIMES. The statue was commissioned in '11 when the club celebrated Ferguson's 25th anniversary a ...
Coe Facing BOA Challenges
When former LOCOG Chair Sebastian Coe is voted in unopposed as British Olympic Association chairman on Wednesday, he will be "joining an organisation on the crest of a wave and in some difficulty," according to Owen Gibson of the London GUARDIAN. The BOA has "just played a major part in delivering t ...
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McLeish Backs Strachan For Scotland Job
ALEX MCLEISH "has distanced himself from the vacant Scotland job and has backed GORDON STRACHAN for the position instead," according to the SCOTSMAN. Former Rangers, Birmingham and Aston Villa Manager McLeish "has been linked with a return to the national team after CRAIG LEVEIN was sacked" Mo ...
