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Ford To Retire Falcon, V8 Supercars Future Uncertain After Melbourne Plant Closes In '1605 / 24 / 13Falcon's presence on the V8 Supercars grid "appear to be numbered following the carmaker's decision to end local manufacturing" in '16, according to Peter Kogoy of THE AUSTRALIAN. The company "stunned the sport" Thursday when it confirmed it would close down its Broadmeadows assembly ... Tags: Franchises, Australia |
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HSV Handball To Restructure Itself
German Handball Bundesliga (HBL) club HSV Hamburg "is restructuring itself as a limited partnership business entity," according to HANDBALL WORLD. Thereby, the club "is opening itself up to potential new investors." HSV Managing Dir Christoph Wendt said, "Our goal is to put HSV Handball on a broader ...
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HMRC To Appeal Rangers Tax Case
U.K. tax authority HMRC "has been granted permission to appeal" the tax case it lost last year against Scottish Third Division side Rangers, according to Mike Farrell of STV. HMRC confirmed that it "had been given the go-ahead in the case" on Monday after applying for leave to appeal in December. A& ...
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NRL Co-Owner Pondering Sell Of Shares
National Rugby League side South Sydney Rabbitohs co-Owner Peter Holmes a Court "is set to announce this week" whether to join actor Russell Crowe in selling his 37.5% stake in the club, according to Brad Walter of the SYDNEY MORNING HERALD. Holmes a Court "has been considering what to do with his s ...
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Rangers Lose $10M In Compensation
Scottish Third Division Rangers suffered a £6M ($9.5M) "hammer blow" Wednesday when their compensation claim against six former players was thrown out at Hampden, according to Keith Jackson of the Scotland DAILY RECORD. But the club has "vowed to fight on" in a bid to reclaim the cash CEO Char ...
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Salford City Takeover Completed
Kuwait-born businessman Marwan Koukash "has completed his takeover" of Super League rugby side Salford City Reds, according to the BBC. Koukash, who is based in Liverpool, "had been in discussions to buy the troubled club for more than a month." Koukash said, "No other club in the sport has the pote ...
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DEL CEO Says DEG Needs Investors Now
German Hockey League (DEL) CEO Gernot Tripcke "sees only a future for the financially struggling Dusseldorf EG in the DEL if the club receives support from large-scale investors," according to SPOX. Tripcke said, "It is certainly not enough to count only on 'young guns' and on the motto: 'We will do ...
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A-League Club Could Get Asian Owners
Football Federation Australia insists that "it is delighted by the prospect of another A-League club" moving toward foreign ownership, after the Central Coast Mariners revealed that two Asian clubs "were in talks to inject substantial capital" into the Gosford-based club, according to Tom Smithies o ...
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News Ltd. May Sell Brisbane Broncos
News Ltd. "may consider selling its majority stake" in the National Rugby League Brisbane Broncos "in a historic move as the media company continues its strategic exit from rugby league," according to Walter & Lutton of the BRISBANE TIMES. Sources said that "an accounting firm had been engaged t ...
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V8 Team DJR In Doubt For Opener
Dick Johnson's V8 Supercars team "faces an uncertain future after plunging into another financial crisis just a month before the start of the season," according to Mark Fogarty of THE AGE. Without major sponsorship and having lost a key investor, Dick Johnson Racing -- the longest established and on ...
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Cronulla Sharks Without Stadium Sponsor
National Rugby League Cronulla Sharks are without a naming-rights sponsor for its home ground after Toyota "ended its long-running association with the club," according to Adrian Proszenko of the SYDNEY MORNING HERALD. With more than a month until the NRL premiership kicks off, the club faces the pr ...
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