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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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Discovery Buys 20% Stake In Eurosport
U.S. broadcaster Discovery is "moving into sports programming," paying £134M ($170M) for a 20% stake in Eurosport, with an option to "take a controlling stake in the European company in two years," according to Mark Sweney of the London GUARDIAN. Discovery's deal to take a stake in Eurosport G ...
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Chelsea Player Praises Goal-Line Tech
Chelsea player Frank Lampard believes that the introduction of goal-line technology "will add the same element of drama to football that the use of the Decision Review System has brought to cricket," according to Matt Hughes of the LONDON TIMES. Chelsea became the first English club to be involved i ...
Glasgow To Host Paralympics Swimming
The Int'l Paralympic Committee announced that Glasgow, Scotland will host the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships. The event was originally slated as a European Championships, but with a change to the IPC calendar the competition was upgraded to a World Championships. The event will be held in the ...
Sports Direct To Reintroduce Bonus Plan
British sporting retailer Sports Direct said that it would "attempt to reintroduce" a bonus plan to award a one-off windfall worth more than £40M ($64M) to Founder Mike Ashley after company shareholders "rejected a similar measure in September," according to Mark Wembridge of the FINANCIAL TIM ...
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Taylor Wants 16th World Darts Title
PHIL TAYLOR said that he heads into the Professional Darts Corp. World Championship "in some of the best form of his career and is confident of winning a 16th world title," according to Gary Rose of the BBC. Taylor said, "I am feeling brilliant, and I can win a 16th title without a shadow of a dou ...
English FA To Introduce Quotas
English football will introduce quotas for referees and coaches as part of an "unprecedented campaign to tackle racism," according to Charles Sale of the London DAILY MAIL. The plan will be adopted early in '13 and include the demand that at least 10% of entry level officials and coaches throughout ...
New Arena Crucial To Spurs Ambitions
Former EPL Tottenham captain Ledley King believes the club will have a "better chance of attracting elite players to the club" if it make progress with its plans to build a new stadium, according to Tom Collomosse of the London INDEPENDENT. The Northumberland Development Project, which would see a 5 ...
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Leeds Near Completion Of Takeover
The Football League’s decision to sanction the appointment of three members of management at Bahrain-based bank Gulf Finance House Capital to the board of directors at Leeds United "removed a major obstacle to completion of the firm’s takeover" on Dec. 21, according to Phil Hay of the YO ...
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Bradford City Regains Place In FA Cup
League Two side Bradford City has been reinstated into this season’s FA Cup after a successful appeal against a decision to remove them for "fielding an ineligible player in the second-round tie against Brentford," according to Mark Cue of the LONDON TIMES. The FA’s appeal board agreed w ...
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PFA Apologizes To Player In Race Row
The Professional Footballers' Association has apologized to a black player who was sacked by his club because he "complained that they had racially discriminated against him," according to Ian Herbert of the London INDEPENDENT. Player Mark McCammon was advised by the players' union that it would not ...
