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Spanish Basketball League's Conflict Will Go Before Superior Sports Council05 / 24 / 13The Spanish Basketball League (ACB) and Spain's Association of Professional Basketball Players (ABP) will meet Friday at 1pm local time at Spain's Super Sports Council (CSD) to "try to reach an agreement and avoid an indefinite strike ," according to Díaz-Guerra & Llorens of AS. CSD Pres... |
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The Int'l Hockey Federation (FIH) claimed that field hockey "is free from match-fixing -- but not doping." FIH President Leandro Negre said, "Hockey is safe and hockey is clean. It is the selling point of the sport. However, there is the possibility of doping among individuals who use drugs, in soci ...
Cricket To Step Up Drug Testing
English cricket bosses "are planning to step up testing for recreational drugs following the death of Tom Maynard," according to Sam Sheringham of the BBC. Post-mortem examination evidence presented at an inquest revealed that the Surrey batsman "was high on cocaine and ecstasy when he was electrocu ...
London Rugby Team Faces Points Deduction
Premiership rugby side London Welsh, which was promoted to the league last season in controversial circumstances, could see its "supremely courageous bid to retain top-flight status scuppered by a red-tape wrangle" involving the scrum-half Tyson Keats and the former Team Manager Mike Scott, accordin ...
EPL Attendance Up 4% To Date
EPL clubs are averaging 35,713 fans per game through Feb. 26, up 4% compared to the same point last season. Everton, which currently sits sixth in the standings, is seeing the league's biggest jump at the gate (+11%). Wigan Athletic, Queens Park Rangers and Sunderland are also seeing strong gains th ...
FA Considers Retrspective Action For Diving
The FA will consider "taking retrospective action against players guilty of diving in an attempt to push simulation and exaggeration out of the game," according to Paul Kelso of the London TELEGRAPH. Diving has been a "recurrent theme in recent seasons." The issue is of increasing concern to referee ...
FA To Investigate EPL U21 Game Incidents
The FA "is to investigate after a series of ugly incidents" at Monday night's Premier League U21 clash between Liverpool and ManU, according to John Drayton of the London DAILY MAIL. Liverpool striker Adam Morgan "was confronted by a pitch invader late in the second half of the match" at Langtr ...
Miniter Pushes For Board Gender Balance
Australian Federal Sports Minister Kate Lundy "will launch a campaign" Wednesday night "to improve female representation on sports boards after reviewing damning statistics collected by the Australian Sports Commission," according to Nicole Jeffery of THE AUSTRALIAN. Lundy believes there is a " ...
Chapple-Hyam Could Face Three-Year Ban
Peter Chapple-Hyam, leading horse trainer on the Flat for two decades with two Derby winners to his name, "could be banned from the sport for three years after he was charged with serious breaches of the Rules of Racing by the British Horseracing Authority," according to Greg Wood of the London GUAR ...
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The U.S. Wrestling Federation has invited the Iranian freestyle team to participate in an exhibition match in N.Y.'s Times Square. U.S. Wrestling has said that "a dual meet will be held in May" ( TEHRAN TIMES, 2/26 ). ... Singapore Acting Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Lawrence Wong ann ...
Aussie Athletes Fight Doping Sanctions
The Australian Athletes Alliance has described as "excessive" a submission from the Australian Olympic Committee to a Senate committee recommending criminal sanctions against anyone refusing an order to provide information on doping in sport, according to Wayne Smith of THE AUSTRALIAN. Federal Sport ...
