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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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PFA Chief Calls For Netting Around Pitch
Professional Footballers' Association CEO Gordon Taylor believes that "it is time to consider the introduction of crowd control netting into football stadiums" after ManU player Rio Ferdinand was left bleeding from a head wound while celebrating his side's win over Man City Sunday, according to Sher ...
EPL Rights In France Up For Bidding
The Premier League has put the media rights to the EPL in France up for bidding, according to Etienne Moatti of L'EQUIPE. The league contacted the broadcasters on Monday and made them aware that they had until Jan. 22 to send their bids for the rights to the EPL over the next three seasons. Currentl ...
Tags: Media, Europe, United Kingdom
ManU Confirms Australian Preseason Trip
ManU has confirmed that it "will travel to Sydney next summer to play the Australian A-League All Stars," 14 years after its last trip Down Under, according to Emily Benammar of the London TELEGRAPH. The last time ManU traveled to Australia, Manager Alex Ferguson "left the likes of David Beckham, Pa ...
New Cycling Series Moves Forward
Billionaire Czech businessman Zdenek Bakala's project of “creative destruction” for the reform of professional cycling "moved a step closer to reality in Brussels" on Monday, according to Jeremy Whittle of the LONDON TIMES. "Eight of the world’s leading teams, including Omega Pharm ...
Romanov Says Hearts Will Not Die
Scottish Premier League club Heart of Midlothian Owner Vladimir Romanov insists that he will not "let the club die on his watch," according to Scott McDermott of the Scotland DAILY RECORD. The "controversial Lithuanian" also took a shot at U.K. tax authority HMRC and accused it of being "too aggress ...
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First Scottish Football Survey On Horizon
Global sports marketing research company Repucom has been appointed by the Scottish FA to conduct the first National Football Survey, a study that will give fans a say on the major issues affecting Scotland’s national game. The survey, a collaborative effort by the Scottish FA, Scottish Premie ...
Olympics Yields Record Sport Participation
Figures released by Sport England show that Britain’s success at the London Olympics and Paralympics has "produced a surge in grassroots sports participation," according to Simon Hart of the London TELEGRAPH. The agency’s survey revealed that 15.5 million people in England age 16 and ove ...
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Hamiltion Says Goodbye To McLaren
F1 driver LEWIS HAMILTON "walked out of the McLaren headquarters on Friday after delivering a heartfelt and candid farewell speech to the workforce who supported his journey to F1 stardom," according to Malcolm Folley of the London DAILY MAIL. Hamilton was "granted a dignified departure by McLaren ...
Man City Apologizes To Rio Ferdinand
Man City has formally apologized to RIO FERDINAND after the ManU defender "appeared to be hit by a coin as he celebrated his side's third goal in their 3-2 victory at the Etihad Stadium Sunday afternoon," according to the MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS. Ferdinand "sustained a cut just above the eye in th ...
West Ham Consider Safe Standing Areas
EPL West Ham co-Owner David Gold has told fans he is ready to explore the possibility of incorporating a "safe standing" area at London's Olympic Stadium, according to Matt Fortune of the London DAILY MAIL. To a question posed by Twitter user @Jamie_Seagrave, asking if safe standing could be used, G ...
