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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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McLaren Boss: Pay-TV 'Good For F1'
F1 CEO Bernie Ecclestone's switching of F1 to pay-per-view this year with the Sky/BBC tie-up "should be viewed as a positive, despite the overall audience figures for some races going down," according to Jonathan Noble of AUTO SPORT. One year from the announcement that "left many spectators outraged ...
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Danish Footballer Loses UEFA Appeal
Danish footballer Nicklas Bendtner and the Danish Football Association have lost their appeal against the one-match suspension imposed on the player for improper conduct during a Euro 2012 match against Portugal in June. The UEFA Appeals Body rejected the appeal, which was handed down to Bendtner ...
Bolt, Ferguson Talk After ManU Win
USAIN BOLT claims he "provided the inspiration" for ManU's 3-2 Premier League win over Fulham on Saturday -- and was later seen having a chat with ManU Manager ALEX FERGUSON , who could use a replacement for the injured WAYNE ROONEY , according to the London DAILY MAIL. Bolt was the "guest of ho ...
Review: 'The Footballer Who Could Fly'
By DUNCAN HAMILTON , Century, £14.99 ($23.70), 352 pages "The Footballer Who Could Fly" features extended vignettes of "how central the FA Cup used to be in the nation’s sporting and cultural life, of club owners’ exploitation of noble players before the abolition of the maximum ...
Channel 4 Hopes For Paralympic Gold
Channel 4's recent "Meet the Superhumans" promotional campaign for its wall-to-wall Paralympics coverage in the U.K. "won widespread praise," according to Owen Gibson of the London GUARDIAN. To a booming Public Enemy soundtrack, it demonstrated the elements many hope the broadcaster would bring to i ...
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Debt Becoming Theme In Euro Football
ManU's decision to go public on the N.Y. Stock Exchange is another reminder that the financial foundation of European football remains "in desperate need of repair," according to Kevin Baxter of the L.A. TIMES. The problem is the cost of players. And while ManU and club Owner Malcolm Glazer "have ex ...
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Pietersen Could Be Banned From TV Gig
Cricketer Kevin Pietersen’s "miserable summer took another turn for the worse" on Friday when it emerged that his attempt to take up a commentator’s role at the World Twenty20 next month could be vetoed by the Int'l Cricket Council, according to Derek Pringle of the London TELEGRAPH. ESP ...
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Paralympic Organizers Face Accusations
Paralympic Games organizers "have been accused of discriminating against the disabled after forcing wheelchair users to book tickets on phone lines costing up to 40 pence a minute," according to Myers, Whelan & Stoneman of the London DAILY MAIL. A Mail on Sunday investigation has revealed that " ...
NFL Looking At Possible London Franchise
NFL U.K. Managing Dir Alistair Kirkwood said that the sport's global expansion plans are "slowly ticking all the right boxes," and American football could be "one step closer" to putting a franchise in London, according to Mark Pangallo of REUTERS. Kirkwood and his NFL U.K. staff have helped turn th ...
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Rangers Partner With Sports Direct
Rangers FC have partnered with retail firm SportsDirect.com that will see the club sell its merchandise through the sportswear firm's outlets, according to the SCOTSMAN. The deal will allow Rangers "greater control over the range, price and design of products." The club said that the new deal means ...
