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Ascot Signs Five-Year Deal To Take On Watchmaker Longines As 'Official Partner'05 / 24 / 13Royal Ascot "has finally succumbed to the lure and lucre of commercial sponsorship" and signed a deal with Swiss watchmaker Longines worth "several million pounds" over five years, according to Robert Lea of the LONDON TIMES. But "Ascot being Ascot," officials are "declining to admit that its presti... |
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Sunset+Vine To Produce For BT Sport
BT Sport "has named Sunset+Vine as the production company" for its showcase of 38 live Premier League games that start next season, according to Charles Sale of the London DAILY MAIL. This follows a second tender after BT’s original preferred production partner ITV Sport’s London studios ...
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New Inquiry Into Hillsborough Tragedy
A fresh criminal investigation into the Hillsborough football disaster was announced by the Home Secretary as the High Court "quashed the original accidental death inquest verdicts into the 96 Liverpool fans," according to Richard Ford of the LONDON TIMES. The new police inquiry will look at the rol ...
Super Mario Accepts $550K Fine
Man City striker Mario Balotelli has accepted a two-week fine for misconduct, "leading to the postponement of Wednesday's planned Premier League tribunal on the issue," according to Chris Bascombe of the London TELEGRAPH. The club had handed its striker with a £340,000 ($553,000) fine for a "s ...
EPL Clubs Agree On Cost Controls
Premier League clubs "have paved the way for the introduction of spending controls and a salary cap after their chairmen agreed in principle to their introduction," according to Mark Cue of the LONDON TIMES. Despite some opposition, the EPL "is keen to ensure that financial safeguards are in place b ...
Glasgow Security Budget Soars
The security budget for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games is expected to exceed £90M ($146M), according to the Scotland DAILY RECORD. A total of £27.2M ($44.2M) had been set aside for security costs at the "massive sporting event." Commonwealth Games Minister Shona Robison, however, an ...
Rangers CEO Calls Share Issue A Success
Scottish Third Division side Rangers CEO Charles Green insisted that the Rangers' share issue "was a big success – even though fans will struggle to meet half of his £10M ($16M) target for them," according to John Gardner of the Scotland DAILY RECORD. The Ibrox boss "ring-fenced £1 ...
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London Aquatics Centre Transforming
The London Aquatics Centre is transforming, as construction workers "start to dismantle the seating on either side of the pool," according to Liv Lee of the London DAILY MAIL. During the Games, it had the capacity to hold 17,500 spectators, but now "the two temporary wings on the structure are to be ...
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New Golf Course Opens In West London
Developer Tony Menai Davis, the owner of the Shire club in north London, "has opened the West London Golf Centre, a new practice facility and the first step in an ambitious series of golf developments in the area," according to GOLF COURSE ARCHITECTURE. The center, which includes an academy run by S ...
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Wiggins Set To Become Knight In '13
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TAG Heuer Sponsors RPA
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