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Alex Ferguson Lands $3M Deal To Make 20 Appearances As ManU Ambassador05 / 23 / 13JASON FERGUSON "is masterminding" father ALEX FERGUSON 's "hugely lucrative post-management options" nine years after the ManU board pledged never to do business again with his football agency, according to Charles Sale of the London DAILY MAIL. Jason Ferguson's disbanded Elite Sport "ceased to a... |
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Three-Person Panel To Investigate UCI
Int'l Council of Arbitration for Sport President and Australian Olympic Council Chair John Coates will select the three-man Independent Commission to "investigate allegations" against the Int'l Cycling Union (UCI) regarding the Lance Armstrong affair and the running of cycling by its governing body ...
Tags: Leagues and Governing Bodies, United Kingdom, Australia
ManU Objects To Neville's Rooftop Plans
Former ManU player GARY NEVILLE "has clashed with his old club over plans to build a hotel with a rooftop pitch," according to William Cook of the London DAILY MAIL. The England assistant coach already "has planning permission for a 139-bed hotel and supporters' club in the shadow of Old Trafford, ...
Hearts Have Tax Debt Of $719,000
Scottish Premier League club Heart of Midlothian FC "could become the second Scottish club to go to the wall this year" after it warned fans that it "might not survive the month in the wake of a winding-up order over a tax bill of almost £450,000 ($719,000)," according to Neil Gardner of the L ...
Tags: Finance, United Kingdom
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 ...
Tags: Facilities, United Kingdom
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 ...
