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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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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 ...
Tags: Olympics, United Kingdom
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 ...
Celtic Shareholders Drop Rangers Deals
A group of Scottish Premier League Celtic FC shareholders are "calling on the club to drop any joint sponsorship deals" with Scottish Third Division club Rangers in an attempt to break an "unwanted alliance" with its rivals, according to the SCOTSMAN. A resolution put forward by a group of uni ...
Barça, Nokia India Team Up
FC Barcelona and Nokia India signed an agreement in New Delhi announcing the company will become the club’s regional partner in India. Nokia India has thus become the first company in the country to be associated with the club in this manner. As part of the new agreement, Nokia India presented ...
AG Barr Joins Commonwealth Games
Scottish carbonated soft drink Irn-Bru makers AG Barr has been "unveiled as the latest sponsor" of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, according to the Scotland DAILY RECORD. The soft drinks company's links with Glasgow "date back more than 100 years." It will support the Games through a range of b ...
Fees Threaten Sky India Series Coverage
Sky TV's full coverage of England cricket's tour of India "is under threat because of a late demand from the Indian cricket board for fees thought to total upward of £500,000 ($800,000)" for the broadcaster's commentary team to operate within the stadiums, according to Simon Wilde of the SUNDA ...
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Rio Faces $350K Fine For Protest
ManU player RIO FERDINAND 's decision to refuse to wear a Kick It Out T-shirt prior to his club's 4-2 win at home to Stoke City FC on Saturday "could be a costly one with reports suggesting he will be fined £220,000 ($352,000) for the symbolic gesture," according to EUROSPORT. While Ferdinand ...
BBC Sports Personality Show Revamped
The BBC has "radically overhauled the voting system" for the Sports Personality of the Year award following last year's controversy about the all-male shortlist, according to Owen Gibson of the London GUARDIAN. The victor will "still be decided by the voting public," but it has abandoned the practic ...
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