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German Football Clubs Setting Example On, Off Pitch Ahead Of Champions Final05 / 24 / 13Champions League finalists Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund "are the envy of football fans across Europe for the way the German clubs run their business as well as their success on the field," according to Grohmann & Weir of REUTERS. Bayern and Dortmund are the top two teams in the Bundesliga... Tags: International Football, Europe |
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FC United Boss: Co-Ops Can Save Game
Northern Premier League semi-pro club FC United GM Andy Walsh "believes that co-operatives can help provide the solution to the crisis now crippling" England's national game, according to Simon Birch of the London GUARDIAN. Walsh said: "All football clubs should be run co-operatively and no one shou ...
Chinese Football Club Bought Out
Dalian Aerbin Group Chair Zhao Mingyang has bought Chinese Super League club Dalian Shide, according to the CHINA DAILY. At a meeting with players on Friday, the day before the club's last match, Zhao said: "Aerbin has already bought the Dalian Shide football club with 320M yuan ($51M)." Aerbin will ...
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Some Still Question Goal-Line Technology
Football's authorities spent years agonizing over "whether to introduce goal-line technology, yet its use would not have solved any of the recent refereeing controversies which have blown up in Italy , England and Brazil," according to Brian Homewood of REUTERS. Video replays, on the other hand, "w ...
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EPL Owners Near Wage Deal
Premier League owners, including Roman Abramovich and the Glazer family, "are close to agreeing a crackdown on players' wages," according to Joe Bernstein of the London DAILY MAIL. Talks "have already taken place" amongst all 20 top-flight clubs about introducing their own version of financial fair ...
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Zimbabwe National Team Dissolved
Zimbabwe's national team was disbanded Friday as a match-fixing scandal continued to "seriously undermine the sport in the country" even after the conclusion of an investigation into widespread corruption, according to the AP. After being "dogged for more than two years by fixing allegations and wit ...
Tags: International Football, Africa
Slim Has Sights On La Liga's Getafe
Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim has "planned to invest money in Spanish football," and according to sources close to the negotiations, he has chosen La Liga club Getafe, according to Tolo Leal of LIBERTADDIGITAL.com. In the upcoming days, an internal revision of the club will be done including a fin ...
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Qatari Emir Wants To Bring Barça To Gaza
Palestinian PM Ismail Haneyya revealed that Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad Bin Jalifa al Zanim is working on bringing FC Barcelona to Gaza for a visit, according to the EFE. Haneyya made the announcement at an event for athletes in Gaza and said that Zanim "promised to make the necessary preparations and ...
Inter Increases Captial To Curb Losses
Serie A club Inter Milan "has decided to increase its capital by €35M ($45.5M) in order to reduce its enormous losses," according to the SID. The increase in capital "is supposed to curb the club's €77M ($100M) in losses from the '11-12 fiscal year." In the period of '10-11, the loss ...
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Invest In Africa Sponsorship Paying Off
Increasing interest in EPL Sunderland Association Football Club games among football fans in east and central Africa illustrates the "increasingly global perspectives" of Sunderland Association Football Club, according to Chris Tighe of the FINANCIAL TIMES. The Invest in Africa logo on this se ...
Confederations Cup Venues Nearly Set
FIFA "will confirm next week whether all six venues for next year's Confederations Cup in Brazil will be able to stage the event," according to Brian Homewood of REUTERS. FIFA has already announced that Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, Salvador, Fortaleza, Recife and Brasilia "will host matches in th ...
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