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Alex Ferguson Lands $3M Deal To Make 20 Appearances As ManU Ambassador05 / 23 / 13JASON FERGUSON "is masterminding" father ALEX FERGUSON 's "hugely lucrative post-management options" nine years after the ManU board pledged never to do business again with his football agency, according to Charles Sale of the London DAILY MAIL. Jason Ferguson's disbanded Elite Sport "ceased to a... |
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More Than 14 Million Watch BBC's SPOTY
Bradley Wiggins being crowned BBC Sports Personality of the Year "was watched by a five-minute peak audience of 14.5 million viewers on Sunday, as the BBC1 show pulled in its biggest audience for at least two decades," according to John Plunkett of the London GUARDIAN. The BBC1 end-of-the-year sport ...
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Hereford Racecourse Owners Open To Talks
It "may not be all doom and gloom for the supporters of Hereford racecourse, which held its final meeting for the foreseeable future on Sunday," according to David August of the London DAILY MAIL. Racecourse owners Arena Racing Company, which also runs Folkestone (due to race for the last time on Tu ...
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Glasgow Reveals Bid Plans For 2018 YOG
Glasgow, Scotland revealed plans for the 2018 Youth Olympic Games at the Tollcross venue, attended by Sport Minister Shona Robison and you athletes from the City of Glasgow swim team. The bid document, which has been submitted to the IOC, revealed that athletic events would be held at Scotstoun Stad ...
Nottingham Commits Financial Blunders
League Championship club Nottingham Forest’s Kuwaiti-based owners have been forced into a boardroom reshuffle after a "string of embarrassing off-field blunders that culminated in the club’s credit card bouncing," according to Percy & Clutton of the London TELEGRAPH. Majority shareho ...
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Wiggins Wins BBC's SPOTY Award
Team GB cyclist BRADLEY WIGGINS was voted the 2012 BBC Sports Personality of the Year during a ceremony attended by nearly 16,000 at London's ExCel Centre Sunday night, according to the BBC. The Tour de France and Olympic time trial champion "beat 11 other contenders to the prestigious title." Wig ...
Man City Denies It Will Buy MLS Team
Man City is "close to being awarded a Major League Soccer expansion franchise" in Queens, N.Y., for a record $100M, according to Scott Soshnick of BLOOMBERG. Man City would be called the New York City Football Club, and has contacted David Beckham about a role. Man City will "explore other leagues a ...
Millennium Stadium To Get Plastic Pitch
The 2015 Rugby World Cup will "almost certainly" be played on plastic turf at Wales' Millennium Stadium in "a decision that will anger traditionalists," according to Stephen Jones of the SUNDAY TIMES. The Welsh Rugby Union is "ready to dig up the often troublesome turf" at the Millennium Stadium and ...
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FIFA To Discuss Racism Fine With UEFA
FIFA President Sepp Blatter has said that he will "discuss the widely criticised sanction" levied on Serbia's Under-21 team with UEFA President Michel Platini, and called for "strong, harsh punishment when it comes to racism and discrimination," according to Owen Gibson of the London GUARDIAN. Plati ...
Tour De France To Begin In Leeds
Leeds, England has "won the race" to host the opening stages of the Tour de France in 2014, according to the YORKSHIRE EVENING POST. After a "hard-fought bid by Welcome to Yorkshire," it has now been confirmed that Leeds will be "the official host city for the opening stages of the world’s big ...
Man City Reports $158.3M Loss Last Year
Winning the EPL title "incurred a loss" of £97.9M ($158.3M) for Man City, although that represented "half the deficit the club suffered the previous season when it finished third," according to Blitz & Bounds of the FINANCIAL TIMES. Man City "managed to cut its annual losses to £97.9 ...
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