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Man City Begins $109M Nike Deal By Wearing New Kit On Its U.S. Tour Stops

05 / 22 / 13

Nike 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...

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10/10/12
No Team GB Football Team For Rio

FA General Secretary Alex Horne said on Tuesday that "there will be no men's Team GB football team for the Rio Olympic Games in '16" but has not ruled out the possibility of the women being able to compete, according to the London TELEGRAPH. The issue "has traditionally been very sensitive poli ...

Tags: International Football, United Kingdom

10/09/12
Change Good For Heineken Cup

After a second round of negotiations over the future of the Heineken Cup on Monday, the Rugby Football Union indicated that it sympathized with the English clubs in their demand for an overhaul of the competition’s structure, according to Mark Souster of the LONDON TIMES. Twickenham CEO Ian Ri ...

Tags: Leagues and Governing Bodies, United Kingdom

10/09/12
Rugby World Cup 2015 Venues Revealed

England Rugby 2015, the tournament organizer for Rugby World Cup 2015, announced the list of 17 potential match venues for consideration to host the 48 Rugby World Cup 2015 matches. The venues selected comprise some of sport’s most iconic stadia with the best facilities from 15 different citie ...

Tags: Facilities, United Kingdom

10/09/12
Wonga, Newcastle In Sponsorship Talks

Short-term loans company Wonga "is in talks over a shirt sponsorship deal" with Premier League football club Newcastle United, according to Ben Martin of the London TELEGRAPH. The "controversial company" is in discussions to become Newcastle’s next shirt sponsor in a deal that "is expected to ...

Tags: Marketing and Sponsorship, United Kingdom

10/09/12
FA To Open New Training Facility

England's world-class national football center will officially open at St. George's Park on Tuesday, with its Chair David Sheepshanks insisting that "it can even achieve the impossible and make English teams good at taking penalties," according to the PA. The £105M ($168.3M) complex that ranks ...

Tags: Facilities, United Kingdom

10/08/12
Clive Woodward Steps Down From BOA

CLIVE WOODWARD has stepped down from his role as Director of Sport at the British Olympic Association after six years "marked by medal success and occasional controversy," according to Paul Kelso of the London TELEGRAPH. Woodward announced his departure two weeks after BOA CEO Andy Hunt informed h ...

Tags: People and Pop Culture, United Kingdom

10/08/12
Celtic Owner Wants Rangers Back

Scottish Premier League club Celtic majority shareholder Dermot Desmond "admitted Scottish football needs Rangers back in the SPL as soon as possible," according to Scott McDermott of the Scottish DAILY RECORD. His comments "are in stark contrast" to those of Celtic CEO Peter Lawwell who claimed tha ...

Tags: Franchises, United Kingdom

10/08/12
U.K. Outfits To Bid On Turkey Stadiums

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Tags: Facilities, Europe, United Kingdom

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Paralympics Fail To Lift Channel 4

New research into who actually tuned in to the London Paralympics finds the Games "achieved no discernible lift" in Channel 4's core 16- to 34-year-old demographic, according to Arif Durrani of MEDIA WEEK. The findings are from media insights specialist Ebiquity, whose latest study "quantifies the T ...

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