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Expensive Tickets Don't Prevent Copa Del Rey Sell Out; Security Beefed Up For Match05 / 17 / 13A "full house is guaranteed at the Santiago Bernabéu" for Friday's Copa del Rey final between Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid, "even though the ticket prices agreed by the two clubs and the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) are the highest ever," according to Miguel Angel Lara of MARC... Tags: Events and Attractions, Europe |
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Euroleague Final Four Attendance Down
Euroleague CEO Jordi Bertoméu admitted that ticket sales for last weekend's Euroleague Final Four in London were not up to par with previous years, according to Israel Íñiguez of EL CONFIDENCIAL. The choice of London as the site "did not seem the most logical, taking into accoun ...
Melbourne To Host Golf World Cup
Tournament promoters said that Australia's Royal Melbourne Golf Club "will host this year's edition of the World Cup of Golf," which has been played in China since '07, according to Amlan Chakraborty of REUTERS. Mission Hills Group, which has hosted the tournament five times in China , said that th ...
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Rafael Nadal offered his support for Madrid's bid to host the 2020 Olympics after winning the Madrid Open. Nadal said, "There is no city that deserves the Games more than Madrid" ( AS, 5/12 ). ... On Thursday, the X Games will get underway in Barcelona in one of the city's biggest events since t ...
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Euroleague Final Four's London Debut
The Champions League of basketball comes to London Friday "in an effort to sell a version of the professional game that prides itself on not being the NBA," according to Ashling O'Connor of the LONDON TIMES. Few British sports fans "will be familiar with Euroleague basketball," but organizers "hope ...
DFB Wants To Extend Berlin Contract
The German Football Federation (DFB) "wants to extends its contract with Berlin" to host the DFB-Pokalfinale (German Cup Final) beyond '15, according to the SID. DFB General Secretary Helmut Sandrock said, "There is a huge interest from our side to extend the contract [with Berlin] beyond 2015." Ber ...
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Twickenham To Host Int'l Rugby Sevens
A new club rugby tournament involving sides from around the world "is to be launched this summer" in a bid to capitalize on the sport's increasing global appeal, according to Robert Kitson of the London GUARDIAN. Super Rugby side Auckland Blues, the Western Province Stormers, the ACT Brumbies and t ...
UEFA Warns Fans Of Online Ticket Sales
UEFA "has urged German fans desperate for tickets" for the Champions League Final "not to buy from unofficial suppliers" on the Internet, according to Keith Weir of REUTERS. Borussia Dortmund said that it "had received more than half a million applications for their allocation of just over 24,000 ti ...
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London May Host Int'l Volleyball Event
Beach volleyball "could return to London this summer" after the capital was named as a host for one of the women's Int'l Tour competitions, according to Nick Hope of the BBC. However, Volleyball England insists that it still needs "significant commercial backing to make the event a reality." T ...
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French Open organizers "banned John Tomic from the tournament, following the lead of the ruling body of men's tennis," which Wednesday "banned him indefinitely." The father of Australian Bernard Tomic "is due to appear in court in Madrid next Tuesday on assault charges for allegedly breaking the nos ...
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Record Confed Cup Attendance Expected
More than 588,000 tickets, 71% of the total inventory, have been sold for next month's Confederations Cup in Brazil. The event will exceed the average capacity of 83% set at the 2005 Festival of Champions. Tickets will remain on sale through May 24 on FIFA's website. The last remaining tickets will ...
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