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American Haskell Makes Move To Buy Coventry City, Take Half-Share Of Ricoh Arena05 / 17 / 13American multi-millionaire Preston Haskell IV has "made his move to buy" League One Coventry City Football Club and half the Ricoh Arena, according to Andy Turner of the COVENTRY TELEGRAPH. The bids were turned in on Haskell's behalf by suspended Sky Blues President Joe Elliott and former Vice Chair... Tags: Franchises, United Kingdom |
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European Tour Losing Golfers To U.S.
In the week of the lucrative and high-profile finish to its season at the Dubai World Championship, "a wider debate over the European Tour's status rumbles on," according to Ewan Murray of the London GUARDIAN. The desire of European players "to seek fortunes in the U.S. is nothing new but now seems ...
Hughes Will Not Step Down
EPL Queens Park Rangers Manager Mark Hughes has told the club's board members that he will "not walk away from the club" after he was asked to resign as manager, according to James Olley of the STANDARD. Hughes met senior figures including QPR CEO Philip Beard and other "influential figures" in a me ...
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Camelot Gets Olympic Boost
U.K. National Lottery operator Camelot has hailed the London 2012 Games for "boosting revenue" as it reported record sales of £3.53B ($5.6B) in the six months to Sept. 19, according to Mark Sweney of the London GUARDIAN. The company said that ticket sales "grew by 8.1% year-on-year," just more ...
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SPL CEO To Justify 24-Team Proposal
Scottish Premier League CEO Neil Doncaster Monday night "tried to defend the proposal to create a new league system, which contradicts the idea football is a simple game," according to Hugh Keevins of the Scotland DAILY RECORD. The SPL plan "to have two leagues of 12 clubs splitting into three divis ...
Qatar 2022 Denies Bribery Allegations
Organizers of the Qatar 2022 World Cup have hit back at bribery allegations published in the U.K. media, calling the reports "malicious and reckless," according to Andy Sambidge of ARABIAN BUSINESS. The Sunday Times has claimed that Qatar officials "considered offering $1M" to the son of FIFA Exec C ...
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WADA Proposes Doubling Doping Bans
The World Anti-Doping Agency has proposed doubling the penalties from two to four years for "abuse of substances including anabolic steroids and human growth hormone," according to Owen Gibson of the London GUARDIAN. The new proposal would "double the maximum penalty" for a series of offenses includ ...
Hearts Rebuff Massone Bid
Scottish Premier League Heart of Midlothian FC has "rejected a takeover offer from the former owner of Livingston, believing Italian businessman Angelo Massone may not be the right person to take the club forward," according to the Scotland DAILY RECORD. The Italian revealed that he was fronting a & ...
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BT Planning Three New Sports Channels
British cable-TV provider BT Vision "is planning to roll out as many as three TV channels to broadcast the football, rugby and other sports content it has acquired for almost £1B ($1.6B) in recent months," according to Daniel Thomas of the FINANCIAL TIMES. The U.K. telecom group, which is clos ...
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ManU Signs With Turkish Bank
ManU revealed a four-year sponsorship with Turkish bank Denizbank. The new agreement, the first of its kind to be forged by the club and a Turkish bank, will give Denizbank the exclusive rights to offer the official Manchester United credit card to the club’s 9.5 million followers in Turkey. T ...
SPL Clubs Agree To Pursue Expansion Plans
Scottish Premier League clubs said that "they have unanimously agreed to pursue an expansion of the top flight," according to the BBC. Representatives of all 12 clubs "met at Hampden to discuss reconstruction, in response to recent proposals from the Scottish Football League." SPL clubs "will meet a ...
