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Argentine Football Club Chair Daniel Angelici Will Protest Playing Late Games05 / 21 / 13Argentine football club Boca Juniors Chair Daniel Angelici made "strong statements to protest Boca playing next weekend against Newell's at 9:30pm local time," according to CLARIN. Angelici said that Tuesday, he will make a suggestion in the Argentine FA against the decision made by Football For All... |
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Pakistan Holds First Int'l Cricket Since '09
Security "was tight on Saturday as Pakistan hosted the first match of an int'l flavour" in the country since '09, according to the AFP. The sell-out event of 32,000 was also attended by around 5,000 police and para-military staff "cordoned off the stadium in a top-level security arrangement." The un ...
Italian Ski Federation Wants World Cup
The Italian Ski Federation (FISI) wants to host an alpine world cup race in the nation's capital. If permission is granted, Rome's antique Circus Maximus could host a parallel slalom race starting in '14 or '15. Int'l Ski Federation (FIS) Race Dir Günter Hujara said, "There is no better place f ...
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Brussels To Host Rugby Match
European rugby "enters new ground" on Saturday when England's Saracens play a home match in Brussels, according to Philip Blenkinsop of REUTERS. The match is designed to "spread interest in the game and enhance Belgium's status as an emerging rugby nation." Saracens will host Racing Metro 92 of Pari ...
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Japan To Host Women's Football Tourney
Japan will host the inaugural Int'l Women's Club Championship in November, with "ambitions of eventually turning it into a worldwide FIFA-sanctioned event," according to KYODO. The tournament will be a straight knockout format, with the first games scheduled for Nov. 22 at Urawa Komaba Stadium. The ...
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Thailand Confirms 2014 Grand Prix
Thailand's government sports authority said that it has struck an in-principle deal to host an F1 race in Bangkok in '14, with negotiations ongoing about the hosting fee, according to the AP. Sports Authority of Thailand Gov. Kanokphand Chulakasem said, "Formula One has decided to include Thailand i ...
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The South Korean field hockey team has withdrawn from the Asian Champions Trophy in Doha, Qatar from Dec. 21-27. Asian Hockey Federation Secretary General Tan Sri P. Alagendra said that it has "now invited Bangladesh" to play instead ( THE STAR, 10/18 ). ... London's Wembley Stadium is scheduled t ...
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Man City Fans Upset Over Tickets
Manchester City fans "have blasted the club after dozens of tickets for a sold-out match went on sale online with a hefty booking fee on top," according to Mike Keegan of the MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS. More than 25 seats in one section of the Etihad Stadium "were made available" for the Tottenham Hots ...
Record Rush For 2013 Ashes Tickets
Next summer's Ashes cricket series is "heading for a record-breaking sell-out," according to Andy Wilson of the London GUARDIAN. Nottinghamshire, which will stage the first Test at Trent Bridge starting on July 10, put its 23,500 remaining tickets on general sale on Monday morning. The tickets were ...
ECB To Take Away Weekend Games
Fans will have "little opportunity to watch county cricket" at weekends if a controversial draft schedule for the '14 season onward is approved by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), according to Paul Bolton of the London TELEGRAPH. County chief execs were told at a meeting last week that Cha ...
Bremen Ponders Moving Camp To Qatar
Bundesliga club SV Werder Bremen "is currently evaluating the option of relocating its winter training camp from Turkey to Qatar," according to the WESER KURIER. Bremen has "traditionally held its winter training camp in Belek on the Turkish Riviera." The team has been preparing for the second half ...
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