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American Haskell Makes Move To Buy Coventry City, Take Half-Share Of Ricoh Arena05 / 17 / 13American multi-millionaire Preston Haskell IV has "made his move to buy" League One Coventry City Football Club and half the Ricoh Arena, according to Andy Turner of the COVENTRY TELEGRAPH. The bids were turned in on Haskell's behalf by suspended Sky Blues President Joe Elliott and former Vice Chair... Tags: Franchises, United Kingdom |
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Hearts Hit With Two-Month Embargo
Scottish Premier League club Hearts FC was "hit with a 60-day transfer ban" by the SPL after failing to pay six players and Manager John McGlynn on time this month, according to the SCOTSMAN. The decision was taken "following a meeting of an SPL board sub-committee after the Tynecastle club admitted ...
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McLaren-Honda Comeback In '14
If F1's proposed new engine regulations are not scrapped at the eleventh hour, the chances of a Honda comeback with McLaren seem very good," according to Mario Fritzsche of MOTORSPORT-TOTAL.com. McLaren and Honda have a very successful F1 history. The two companies worked together between '88-92. Du ...
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LOCOG Named Campaign Of The Year
PR Week "broke with the tradition of awarding Campaign of the Year to a PRWeek Award category winner," instead, it awarded it to a communications team that "had been at the heart of the global story of the year: LOCOG," according to Kate Magee of PR WEEK. The Games "were the most-ambitious logistica ...
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Ferdinand Considers New Union
ManU defender Rio Ferdinand is "planning to revolutionize English football with the launch of a breakaway union to protect the interests of black footballers," according to Neil Ashton of the London DAILY MAIL. Ferdinand "already joined other high-profile black players in overseeing the first draft ...
ManU To Expand With U.S. Office
ManU is "hoping to break into the U.S. market" by opening an office on the East Coast to "maximize commercial opportunities in the U.S.," where the club is now listed on the N.Y. Stock Exchange, according to the AP. The location of the office is yet to be determined, but it would "replicate the oper ...
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EPL Loses Sponsor Lucozade
The Premier League will lose its longest-running sponsor at the end of the season even though "the profile of top-flight football has never been higher," according to Charles Sale of the London DAILY MAIL. Energy drink Lucozade, which has been a sponsor since the league started in '92, has "decided ...
London Games Come In Under Budget
The overall cost of staging the Olympic and Paralympic Games "may have cost almost four times the original estimate, but the government has claimed that it actually came in £377M ($601M) under budget," according to Mark Cue of the LONDON TIMES. With some contracts still to be wound up, ministe ...
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SPL Reprimands Heart Over Wages
The Scottish Premier League has reprimanded club Heart of Midlothian over its "failure to pay players on time last month," according to Mark Cue of the LONDON TIMES. The Tynecastle club has also been warned about its future conduct and face another SPL hearing on Wednesday over a similar offence fro ...
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UEFA Passes Out Anti-Racism Armbands
UEFA announced that team captains playing in Champions and Europa League matches this week "will be asked to wear anti-racism armbands as part of a campaign against discrimination," according to Brian Homewood of REUTERS. UEFA is backing a campaign by FARE, a Europe-wide group aiming to rid football ...
England Cricket Loses Shirt Sponsor
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) "is seeking a new sponsor for the England team" after Brit Insurance decided not to renew its four-year shirt deal that runs until '14, "worth a reported £18M ($28.8M)," according to Patrick Kidd of the LONDON TIMES. The insurance company is "the secon ...
