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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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European Tour Wants Playoffs
The European Tour is expected to announce "its own playoff-type series," to debut in '13, according to Alex Miceli of GOLFWEEK.com. The series will most-likely be fashioned after the FedEx Cup playoffs, which have "blossomed into one of the most-exciting events in golf." Euro Tour CEO George O'Grady ...
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Cup Construction Worries Pelé
In a visit to Mexico for promotional campaigns, former Brazilian footballer Pelé said that he was "preoccupied by the delay in 2014 World Cup stadium constructions," according to the EFE. Pelé said, "The biggest concern is that some of the construction work is running late. That is wor ...
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No Problems For New Jersey's F1 Race
The U.S. F1 race in New Jersey in '13 "has not yet been confirmed by FIA," however, organizers of the race "are not worried about their grand prix," according to Stefan Ziegler of MOTORSPORT-TOTAL.com. F1 CEO Bernie Ecclestone recently said that the contract with New Jersey "has been terminated," wh ...
ATP Discontinues World Team Cup
After 35 years the ATP World Team Cup "will not return to Dusseldorf, Germany in '13, as the men's tennis organization sold the WTC license to a Rumanian businessman," according to Michael Ryberg of DER WESTEN. German tennis great Boris Becker's former Manager Ion Tiriac, who is worth €600M ($7 ...
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Australian Open Raises Prize Money
The Australian Open has "announced the single biggest prize-money jump in its history, with a record pool of A$30M ($30.8M) -- up A$4M from this year -- on offer at next year's event," according to Linda Pearce of the SYDNEY MORNING HERALD. The move is designed to "avoid the mooted strike from the w ...
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S. Africa Lands Big-Money Golf Event
South Africa has secured the hosting rights for golf's new, $8.5M Tournament of Hope for 10 years, according to Jason Humphries of REUTERS. The event, announced in February and sanctioned by the world's leading tours, will have a prize fund “second only to the Players Championship,” whi ...
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Brazil Will Host Match Against Poverty
Former players Ronaldo and Zinédine Zidane are among the players who will take the field in the 10th UEFA-backed Match Against Poverty on Dec. 19 at the Gremio Arena in Porto Alegre, Brazil. As goodwill ambassadors for the United Nations Development Program, Ronaldo and Zidane will each capta ...
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Following a "hugely popular debut" at the London Games, women's boxing has been included in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Int'l Boxing Association President Ching-Kuo Wu said, "This inclusion demonstrates the continued growth in popularity of women's boxing that I wish to continue promotin ...
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Heineken Cup Resolved By Next Season
European Club Rugby CEO Derek McGrath said he hopes the issues surrounding the future of the Heineken Cup will be resolved "within six to nine months," according to the BBC. English and French clubs have announced their intention to pull out from '14, while a row over English TV rights "has further ...
Recession Taking Bite Out Of Spain
Spain, which hosted seven European Tour events in '11, may only host one next year as the "economy takes turn for the worse," according to John Leicester of the AP. With unemployment near 25%, "putting up purses to entice golf's big names is a luxury Spain can ill-afford." Government tourist boards ...
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