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Roberto Mancini Takes Out Manchester Evening News Ad To Thank City Fans05 / 20 / 13Former Man City coach ROBERTO MANCINI Sunday used the pages of the Manchester Evening News to thank City fans for their support during his three-year reign at the Etihad, according to Tom Brooks-Pollock of the MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS. Mancini -- who has not spoken to the media in England... |
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ManU Shares Fall After Van Persie Deal
ManU's £24M ($37.8M) four-year deal to sign Arsenal striker Robin van Persie "may have pleased the team’s fans," but the club’s shares "fell to their lowest price" since listing on the N.Y. Stock Exchange a week ago, according to Thompson & Makan of the FINANCIAL TIMES. Van Per ...
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Non-Olympic Sponsors Have Free Rein
Non-Olympic sponsors ran advertising in Thursday's newspapers featuring Olympic athletes as they seek to take advantage of the end of the advertising blackout period, according to Matthew Chapman of MARKETING MAGAZINE. Brands trying to capitalize off of the Olympics include U.K. Athletics main spons ...
Tags: Olympics, United Kingdom
Henry: UEFA Should Enforce FFP Rules
Liverpool FC intends to "live within their means," and Owner John Henry has urged UEFA to "ensure their rivals do the same" by enforcing its Financial Fair Play Rules, according to James Pearce of the LIVERPOOL ECHO. If UEFA is not "going to clamp down," then Henry wants the EPL to "create its own p ...
EPL Clubs Name Online Better Sponsors
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More Paralympic Tickets On Sale
Paralympic Games organizers have released an extra 45,000 tickets as "steady demand for a slice of London 2012 action continues," according to Nick Pearce of the London TELEGRAPH. Most of the tickets on sale this week are for athletics sessions, although a "limited amount" of wheelchair basketball, ...
Tags: Olympics, United Kingdom
Team GB Boosts Adidas Fortunes
With adidas' logo on Team GB's sports kits during the London Games, the sportswear company was featured on newspaper front pages daily, which one analyst called "incredible publicity," according to Rupert Neate of the London GUARDIAN. Last summer, TV bulletins and newspaper front pages were "plaster ...
RFL Receives Bids For Bradford Bulls
The Rugby Football League has confirmed that it has "received four unconditional bids" for administration-hit Super League club Bradford Bulls, according to the BBC. A deadline of Aug. 21 has been set for the bidders to present a "concrete business plan for the club." In a statement, the RFL reveale ...
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London Sponspors To Support Parade
London Games sponsors Visa, British Airways, BP and BT "are to provide financial support for the Olympic and Paralympic victory parade" taking place on Sept. 10, according to John Reynolds of MARKETING MAGAZINE. The London 2012 sponsors are providing additional funding, "on top of their original mul ...
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Portsmouth To Start Season
League One Portsmouth FC were given the green light on Thursday to "start the new season while in administration," and Manager Michael Appleton will embark on a transfer spree over the next 48 hours, according to the PA. The club faces another 10-point deduction, but the Football League has said tha ...
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Rangers' Debt An Issue Of Controversy
Austrian football club Rapid Vienna has "voiced concerns" over Rangers agreeing to settle football debts to Scottish clubs while they "have yet to receive any indication they will be paid the £1M ($1.6M) they are owed from the sale of Nikica Jelavic to Ibrox two years ago," according to Phil G ...
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