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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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NRL Players Press For Higher Salary Cap
National Rugby League players and clubs "are set to pressure the Australian Rugby League Commission to release cash from a proposed A$200M ($208.6M) future fund to help meet salary cap increases after a three-hour meeting, involving some of the game's biggest stars, failed to reach agreement on the ...
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Irish Gov't To Fund Sports Projects
The Irish government has allocated almost €26M ($33.7M) of new funding for sports projects, according to the IRISH TIMES. It is the first round of money in four years and will allow clubs to build facilities or buy equipment, "with a particular emphasis on clubs in disadvantaged areas." Further ...
HRT Not Racing Next Season
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The Pakistan Cricket Board has laid down "some strict guidelines for its players" for the upcoming tour of India, which includes restrictions on attending private dinner parties and not entertaining any friends at the team hotel ( TIMES OF INDIA, 12/2 ). ... Senegal's national football team was ba ...
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National Rugby League officials "are set to put an offer to a heavy-hitting group of players including Jarryd Hayne, Cameron Smith and Johnathan Thurston at a critical and potentially explosive collective bargaining agreement meeting in Sydney on Friday," according to Glenn Jackson of the SYDNEY MOR ...
CAS Investigating CAF Rules
The "power struggle to determine who can and who can't challenge for the top job in African football is being taken all the way to sport's highest court of law," the Court of Arbitration for Sport, according to Andrew Warshaw of INSIDE WORLD FOOTBALL. Two months ago, the Confederation of African Foo ...
