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Australian Football League To Overhaul Laws Of The Games Committee05 / 17 / 13The Australian Football League "has proposed an overhaul of the Laws of the Games Committee," with the league's new football operations Manager Mark Evans "having detected club disenchantment with the rules process," according to Caroline Wilson of THE AGE. Club CEOs departed Thursday's CEOs meeting... |
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Players Auctioned For IPL Style League
A player auction for a new golf tournament inspired by "cricket's hugely successful Indian Premier League" has seen former U.S. Open winner Michael Campbell attract the highest bid, according to the AFP. Eight franchises hired four players each, with Campbell "winning the highest bid of $61,000 and ...
Tags: Asia, Leagues and Governing Bodies
Platini Meets With French Lawmakers
UEFA President Michel Platini met with French politicians Tuesday, "as they seek to introduce controls that may curb" Qatari-owned Paris St. Germain's record spending on players, according to Tariq Panja of BLOOMBERG. Platini was invited by parliamentarians at France's National Assembly "to explain how his organization crafted its own rules that seek to punish teams playing in elite competitions if they breach cost-control regulations." Losses at European teams have grown from €700M in '08 to €1.7B in '11.
Dundee CEO Backs 12-12-18 Proposal
Scottish Premier League Dundee CEO Scot Gardiner warned that it is "now or never to radically overhaul Scottish football," according to Michael Gannon of the Scotland DAILY RECORD. And he claimed the controversial 12-12-18 plan is the "only show in town." Gardiner, who is one of the architects of th ...
It's Official: KT Is 10th KBO Team Owner
The Korea Baseball Organization "unanimously approved" South Korea's No. 2 mobile carrier KT as the owner of a 10th team on Thursday, according to Jung Min-ho of the KOREA TIMES. The telecom giant and the city of Suwon "overcame a challenge from construction firm Booyoung's partnership" with No ...
Tags: Leagues and Governing Bodies, Asia
Basketball A Tough Sell In Britain
When the NBA's N.Y. Knicks defeated the Detroit Pistons 102-87 at the O2 Arena in London Thursday night, they did so "in front of a capacity crowd that was certainly not coerced into attending," illustrating that the league "continues to have some traction in Britain," according to Steven Cotton of ...
Tags: Leagues and Governing Bodies, United Kingdom, North America
PCB Refuses To Allow Players In BPL
The franchises of the Bangladesh Premier League "have been dealt a huge blow after the Pakistan Cricket Board refused to issue No Objection Certificates to the 26 national players who were set to be part of the Twenty20 event starting on Friday," according to the PTI. Bangladesh Cricket Board Media ...
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League Notes
The Board of Control For Cricket in India has "approved the organisation of a new inter-university tournament in the T20 format on the lines of the existing Rohinton Baria Trophy." The Toyota University Championship is a joint initiative of news channel NDTV, Union human resource development ministr ...
UCI Calls Emergency Doping Meeting
The independent commission set up to probe doping in cycling said that "an amnesty for those who admit to past involvement is needed if the truth is to emerge," according to Matt Slater of the BBC. The Int'l Cycling Union (UCI) appointed the independent panel (UCIIC) but has "rejected an amnesty." A ...
I-League Gives ONGC, Air India The Boot
However "impressive ONGC and Air India's performance" may have been this season, "it will still not be enough for them to earn a place in the next edition of the I-League," according to Marcus Mergulhao of the TIMES OF INDIA. The All India Football Federation exec committee has confirmed that the tw ...
Businessman Plans Hamburg BBL Team
A building complex called "Am Inselpark" in Hamburg, Germany, which was built for around €13M, "could someday become the home of a Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) team," according to Rainer Grünberg of the HAMBURGER ABENDBLATT. The remodeled arena "could offer seating for 3,500 people." The ci ...
