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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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KBO Wants To Move Seoul Club
South Korean baseball officials "were up in arms Friday against Seoul's plan" to relocate its professional club to a new domed stadium next year, according to YONHAP. Officials accused the city "of reaching the decision unilaterally without prior consultation with the baseball community." The Seoul ...
Tags: Leagues and Governing Bodies, Asia
Ferrari Is F1's Most-Valuable Team
One of F1’s "best stories" is Red Bull Racing, which "clinched its third constructors’ championship in three years," according to Chris Smith of FORBES. Red Bull "debuted just seven years ago, built from the ground up by an energy drink company, not an ownership group with the customary ...
Germany's Violent Fans Standings
Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt, currently third in the standings, "is a joy to watch on the field, but off the field the club's fans have been known to cause trouble, which earned Frankfurt the top spot in the violence standing of German professional football," according to Frank Schneider of B ...
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The "high-profile elections" of the Indian Olympic Association will now be held on Dec. 5, 10 days after its earlier scheduled date of Sunday following the resignation of election commission Chair SY Quraishi ( PTI, 11/21 ). ... Sri Lanka Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage is in agreement wi ...
Russian Football Gets Tough On Violence
The Russian Premier League has "tightened regulations imposed on clubs in terms of their responsibility for the behaviour of their fans," according to the AFP. From now on the visiting club will be "responsible for ticket sales for its fans" and will bear responsibility for their behavior. The leagu ...
European Tour Losing Golfers To U.S.
In the week of the lucrative and high-profile finish to its season at the Dubai World Championship, "a wider debate over the European Tour's status rumbles on," according to Ewan Murray of the London GUARDIAN. The desire of European players "to seek fortunes in the U.S. is nothing new but now seems ...
Football Coaches Want Rule Clarification
A survey released on Tuesday said that European football managers' "overwhelmingly favour clarification of the handball rule," and the majority wants to "see video technology introduced to the game," according to Josh Reich of REUTERS. The League Managers Association European Managers and Coaches Su ...
Former ICC Boss Calls For Review
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SPL CEO To Justify 24-Team Proposal
Scottish Premier League CEO Neil Doncaster Monday night "tried to defend the proposal to create a new league system, which contradicts the idea football is a simple game," according to Hugh Keevins of the Scotland DAILY RECORD. The SPL plan "to have two leagues of 12 clubs splitting into three divis ...
