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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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China To Probe WADA Allegation
A Chinese official said that the country has planned to investigate an allegation that 99% of illegal substances come from the country, "but remains doubtful" of the World Anti-Doping Agency's statistics, according to XINHUA. China's move came as a result of a "striking comment" from WADA Dir Genera ...
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Australian Jockeys Fined For Bets
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Thai FA Opens Investigation
The Thai FA has begun an investigation into claims that "match fixers attempted to rig the result" of November's FA Cup final, according to Patrick Johnston of REUTERS. Japanese official Yoshida Toshimitsu was in charge for Buriram United's 2-1 win over Army United and reported to the Asian Football ...
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The Afghanistan Cricket Board is keen that the Board of Control for Cricket in India and the int'l community in its country "add to the existing resources and provide a thrust to the development of the game." The ACB "has identified coaching, umpiring and scoring as the core aspects for immediate at ...
NBA All-Star Game Shows Int'l Growth
The success of the NBA’s efforts "to turn the league into a global brand was apparent this weekend" as more than 312 int'l media members from 46 countries traveled to Houston to cover the NBA All-Star weekend, according to Alicia Jessop of FORBES. NBA Senior VP for Int'l Media Distribution M ...
AFL Club, Player Accused Of Cover-Up
Explosive allegations "have emerged that the reason for a Brisbane Lions player's absence from some games last decade was falsified to cover-up an illicit drug issue," according to Andrew Hamiltion of the COURIER-MAIL. A former Lions staffer said that "a player missed specific matches in this period ...
A-League CEO Defends Finals Format
A-League CEO Damien de Bohun "has defended this season's revamped finals format amid claims it disadvantages the top two teams and can potentially reward mediocrity," according to Ray Gatt of THE AUSTRALIAN. As the season enters the final stretch before the playoffs, more focus "has been put on Foot ...
Asian Tour Optimistic About Future
Asian Tour CEO Mike Kerr remains optimistic about the golf circuit’s future despite "law suits from members, an unrelenting turf war with OneAsia and the apparent loss of their marquee event," according to Patrick Johnston of REUTERS. Asian Tour Exec Chair Kyi Hla Han kicked off celebrations f ...
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FIFA "has committed to carrying out blood tests for banned drugs at next year’s World Cup and biological profiling for all players at the tournament, which can indicate doping." The commitment comes after a meeting between the World Anti-Doping Agency President John Fahey and FIFA President Se ...
F1 Teams Experiencing Financial Trouble
There "have been whispers" in recent years in F1 that "all was not well financially with some of the teams," according to Andrew Benson of the BBC. One of the most senior figures in the sport has finally "put a public voice to them." McLaren Team Principal Martin Whitmarsh said "of the 11 teams, sev ...
