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Australian Rugby Union Facing Tough Times As It Battles For Relevancy In Crowded Market06 / 19 / 13As the British & Irish Lions prepare to visit Australia again, rugby union "finds itself struggling for relevance in one of the most competitive sporting markets in the world," according to Neil Hume of the FINANCIAL TIMES. Audiences and attendances "are falling and the sport finds itself outgun... |
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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 ...
RFU Signs New Deal
The Rugby Football Union, the Rugby Players' Association and Premiership Rugby have agreed to a new four-year agreement for the England Elite Player Squad, according to RUGBY WEEK. The EPS agreement covers England senior, Saxons and U20 squads until June 30, 2016 and includes "confirmation of squad ...
RFU Raises National Rugby Players' Salary
The Rugby Football Union "has agreed an inflation-busting pay deal with the England squads for the next four years designed to prevent a repeat of problems before the 2011 World Cup, when players threatened to boycott events in a dispute over remuneration for commercial activities," according to Pau ...
Women's Cricket World Cup To Relocate?
Pakistan Cricket Board Chair Zaka Ashraf has suggested moving the Women's World Cup from Mumbai, India to South Africa, following "simmering tensions on the Indo-Pak border,", according to the PTI. The Board of Control for Cricket in India has sought the Int'l Cricket Council's help "in taking a fin ...
Match-Fixing Worries FIFA
FIFA Head of Security Ralf Mutschke revealed that organized criminal gangs are targeting around 50 national football leagues for "possible match-fixing and any country is vulnerable regardless of its record on corruption," according to Brian Homewood of REUTERS. Mutschke said that a convicted match- ...
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Korea Association of Athletic Federations Chair Oh Dong-jin "is open to naturalising foreign athletes to lift marathon's standard" in South Korea. Oh said, "I've had extensive discussions with experts in the field on how to revive our marathon. To help improve our national record, giving South Korea ...
ATP Chief To Step Down With Illness
ATP World Tour Exec Chair & President Brad Drewett shockingly announced that he would soon resign because he has been diagnosed with Motor Neuron Disease (also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease). Drewett, who has been in his role for more than a year, but with the ATP for 35 years in some for ...
Clark Wants Review Of Cricket NSW
Former Test seamer and departing Sydney Sixers GM Stuart Clark "has ruled himself out of the running" to be Cricket New South Wales' next CEO but "has launched a stinging critique of the game in the state, saying a review was 'essential,'" according to Andrew Wu of the SYDNEY MORNING HERALD. Clark a ...
