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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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L.A. Race On Formula E Calendar
Formula E, the electric-powered racing series, announced on Monday that its L.A. race will be held in the fall of '14. The series, which will debut next year, is covering the cost of the race and will work with the Grand Prix Association of Long Beach to put up fencing, walls and infrastructure for ...
Ecclestone Wants Bahrain Long Term
F1 left Bahrain on Monday with CEO Bernie Ecclestone "talking of a five-year extension to the race contract and the possibility of switching it to the start of the season next year," according to Alan Baldwin of REUTERS. Ecclestone: "I feel they do a super job and we're more than happy to give them ...
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IRB Boss: U.S. Not Ready For World Cup
Int'l Rugby Board CEO Brett Gosper said that the U.S. "is not ready to host a rugby World Cup and needs to establish a sustainable professional league to help develop the sport there," according to Greg Stutchbury of REUTERS. The sport's "global showpiece" has only been held in "traditional rugby st ...
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The Russian National Badminton federation said that Kazan, Russia "will host the 2014 European badminton championships." The agreement "was signed Monday" ( XINHUA, 4/22 ). ... Iran "officially announced preparedness to host the 3rd Islamic Solidarity Games, which was due to be held in Indonesia i ...
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London Marathon Honors Bomb Victims
Undaunted by the Boston Marathon bombings, "big crowds lined the route of London's mass road race on Sunday to cheer on around 36,000 runners," many of whom wore black ribbons to honor the dead and wounded, according to Shirbon & Afanasieva of REUTERS. Hundreds of extra police "were deployed to ...
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Anniversary Games Tickets A Fast Sell
Tickets for this summer's two-day Anniversary Games athletics event at London's Olympic Stadium "sold out in 75 minutes amid complaints that the website could not cope with demand," according to Owen Gibson of the London GUARDIAN. On the day that the public accounts committee queried whether the ent ...
No Incidents At Bahrain F1 Grand Prix
Protesters "blocked several roads and police fired teargas at a school in Bahrain on Sunday" as the Gulf state staged an F1 race "promoted by the government as pure sport but seen by the opposition as a public relations stunt," according to Alexander Dziadosz of REUTERS. Scores of police cars and a ...
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Officials said that the Pakistan Cricket Board is "confident and optimistic to get rights to host the 2018 World Cup." The PCB formally sumitted a bid to the Int'l Cricket Council ( XINHUA, 4/19 ). ... Israel has refused to grant permission to 26 runners from the Gaza Strip to travel to the West B ...
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Bahrain F1 Leaders Confident
FIA President Jean Todt has told pro-democracy protestors in Bahrain that the Bahrain Grand Prix "can have a healing effect on the divided nation," according to Kevin Eason of the LONDON TIMES. Todt, "who is not attending the event, replied by letter to representatives of democracy campaigners in al ...
U.K. Steps Up London Marathon Security
U.K. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said Britain is "double, triple, quadruple checking" security arrangements for this weekend's London marathon after the tragic events in Boston this week, according to Sarah Young of REUTERS. Clegg said that "the images from Boston had been heartbreaking." He sa ...
