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Berlin Chosen As Host Of 2015 Champions League Final, Warsaw Given Europa League05 / 24 / 13Berlin will stage the Champions League final for the first time in '15 and Warsaw will be the venue for the Europa League final, according to the London GUARDIAN. UEFA General Secretary Gianni Infantino said, "Two beautiful venues for our finals for 2015." The '15 match, at Berlin's Olympic Stadium ... |
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Royal Melbourne Will Host Australian Masters
This year's Australian Masters "will go head to head with the Dubai World Championship" from Nov. 14-17, according to Mark Hayes of the HERALD SUN. The direct opposition to the European Tour's flagship season finale will create a new focus for player recruitment for Masters owner IMG, "which is like ...
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The 4th Japan Cup Karatedo Championship will be held at Aung San Gymnasium in Yangon, Myanmar "at the end of this month." Jointly organized by Myanmar Karatedo Federation and the Japanese embassy in Myanmar, "the two-day championship is slated for March 28" ( XINHUA, 3/13 ). ... Bethlehem is ...
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A Plea For More Randwick Prize Money
Australian horse trainer Gai Waterhouse has urged racing officials to offer A$3M ($3.1M) for a showdown between champion mares Black Caviar and More Joyous at Royal Randwick next month, according to Ray Thomas of the DAILY TELEGRAPH. Waterhouse challenged the Australian Turf Club and Racing New Sout ...
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CONCACAF, the Bahamas FA and Beach Soccer Worldwide announced the Bahamas will host the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2013 CONCACAF Qualifier, from May 8-12, at the recently opened beach soccer facility in Nassau. The winner and runner-up of the competition, which is being hosted for the first time by ...
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Aussies Upset With Ecclestone's Fee
F1 CEO Bernie Ecclestone will fly into Melbourne this week facing calls to cut his £23M ($34.2M) race fee "to save the future of the Australian Grand Prix," according to Kevin Eason of the LONDON TIMES. Ecclestone will meet Victoria state Government new premier Denis Napthine, who finances "on ...
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MLB's Selig Wants 'Real' World Series
Major League Baseball is "beginning to explore an event that Commissioner Bud Selig calls 'a real World Series' that would pit the MLB champion against Japan's champion in a best-of-seven-game event on two continents," according to Phil Rogers of the CHICAGO TRIBUNE. A Japan-U.S. World Series "looks ...
British Horseracing CEO Battles Protest
British Horseracing Authority CEO Paul Bittar has spoken out against the more hostile pro-animal groups who said that this week’s Cheltenham Festival "will inflict cruelty on its 500 equine participants," according to Paul Hayward of the London TELEGRAPH. Bittar said, "Nowhere in the world doe ...
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The Philippines will be hosting the '13 edition of the Asian Wushu Championships from Aug. 8 to 12 at the Makati Coliseum ( MANILA TIMES, 3/11 ). ... Malaysia has withdrawn from an Asian boxing tournament in the Philippines due to the incursion of armed Filipinos in Sabah ( AFP, 3/11 ). ... ...
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Cheltenham Won't Change Schedule
Cheltenham has "ruled out a long-mooted change" to the Festival schedule that would see the meeting finish on a Saturday, according to Owen Gibson of the London GUARDIAN. The trend in recent years has been "to move premier racing fixtures to weekend slots to maximise TV viewing and attendance figure ...
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Madrid 2020 has promised to create 500 new businesses if it is awarded the right to host the 2020 Olympic Games. The promise was made by organizers as they announced a funding project for start-ups in partnership with its sponsors and the council called ‘2020 for 2020: StartUp Madrid’ ( ...
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