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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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Cricket Australia has written to the Int'l Cricket Council "to implore possibilities of relaxing its standards for the resumption of rain-affected matches," after being "embarrassed by the abandonment of last month's" One-Day Internationals against Sri Lanka at the Sydney Cricket Ground ( PTI, 1/2 ...
LFP Adopts New Rules To Curb Spending
The Spanish Professional Football League (LFP) has published details of rules to take effect from July 1 that aim to "rein in the overspending on players that has helped push many clubs into administration in recent years," according to REUTERS. The rules, drawn up by a joint commission created by t ...
Swimming Australia Name New CEO
Former British Swimming High Performance Dir Michael Scott "is expected to become" the new Swimming Australia CEO after turning down the role of high performance director at Athletics Australia, according to Nicole Jeffery of THE AUSTRALIAN. It "has been an open secret for the past month that Scott ...
ARB Vows Offenders Won't Get Rails Run
The Australian Racing Board has drawn a ''line in the sand'' by imposing harsher minimum penalties for jockeys betting in races in which they are riding and raceday tubing of horses, according to Patrick Bartley of the SYDNEY MORNING HERALD. The ARB "announced stiffer penalties for several offences, ...
NRL, Players Close To New CBA Deal
Interim Australian Rugby League Commission CEO Shane Mattiske "is confident the long-awaited collective bargaining agreement with National Rugby League players will be signed off within the next week," according to the AAP. An in-principle agreement "was made with the Rugby League Players Associatio ...
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The Chinese Basketball Association "handed down one of the harsher penalties in recent memory" on Thursday. Zhejiang Golden Bull, of the women's league, "will be banned from playing home games" in its home city of Yiwu for one year, including any additional games in its series against the Shanxi Fla ...
RFU Review Calls For FA-Style Center
English rugby has been "urged to establish a proper national training centre" and appoint a head of int'l player development by '16 to "improve its chances of long-term success at Test level," according to Robert Kitson of the London GUARDIAN. The recommendation comes from an independent review cond ...
SFL Clubs Set To Veto SPL Reform Plans
Scottish Football League clubs are ready to veto Scottish Premier League proposals for league reconstruction "in favour of introducing four leagues of 12-12-10-10 when they gather at Hampden" on Thursday, according to Gordon Parks of the Scotland DAILY RECORD. The SPL unanimously "agreed to the 12-1 ...
BCCI Targets Uniform Coaching
The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Tuesday held discussions with national selectors, coaches and National Cricket Academy officials "as part of its effort to bring in a uniform coaching structure and skill management in camps as well as streamlining its operations," according to Sunil Subb ...
English Cricket Losing Players To IPL
English cricket has been "urged to produce a unified and coherent response" to the danger of losing players to the Indian Premier League prior to the new domestic Twenty20 competition launching in May, according to Andy Wilson of the London GUARDIAN. Nottinghamshire "broke new ground this winter" by ...
