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HSBC, Adidas, Land Rover Among Returning Sponsors For British & Irish Lions Tour06 / 19 / 13The British & Irish Lions Tour of Hong Kong and Australia is expected to generate a £4M ($6.2M) profit "to be shared by the four home rugby football unions," according to Anuj Gangahar of the FINANCIAL TIMES. With the tour costing about £14M ($21M), "it is no surprise... |
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Sexing Up Women's Sport
Former England cricketer Ebony Rainford-Brent believes that "sexing up women's sport is key to attracting new female spectators and participants," according to the BBC. Rainford-Brent told BBC Sport that "more needs to be done to attract people to women's sport." She said, "You want women to be attr ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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U.K. Outfits To Bid On Turkey Stadiums
A group of U.K. construction firms with representatives accompanying British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg during his visit to Turkey have "set their eye on participating in building Turkey’s possible Olympic facilities" along with yet-to-be-built stadiums, such as Beşiktaş’s İnö ...
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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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