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Australian Bookmaker Sportingbet Accuses Bookmaker Waterhouse Of Damaging Industry05 / 23 / 13Australia's largest corporate bookmaker, Sportingbet, "has backed calls for a complete ban" on promoting live odds in sports broadcasts and launched "a withering attack" on bookmaker Tom Waterhouse, according to Heath Aston of the SYDNEY MORNING HERALD. Sportingbet "joined market leader Tabcorp... |
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Malaysia Spending On Sport Development
The Malaysian government will pour RM 187.2M ($61.4M) into sports development for next year as it tries to turn the country into "a sporting powerhouse," according to Ashreena Pillai of THE STAR. Youth and Sports Minister Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek said, "The challenge for us here is simply that we do ...
Tags: Leagues and Governing Bodies, Asia
ARLC Releases Five-Year Plan, Logo
The Australian Rugby League Commission unveiled a five-year game plan that outlines a strategy and the funding principles that will drive the National Rugby League's future. The NRL's strategic plan forecasts that by '17: An NRL growth fund will have made A$200M ($207M) available for invest ...
Joint Korean Team At University Games
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon "has expressed confidence that North and South Korea can field a joint team for the 2015 World University Games," according to Alastair Himmer of REUTERS. The games will be held at the South Korean city Gwangju, and organizers "have signed a cooperation agreement wit ...
League Notes
The Int'l Cricket Council gave its "seal of approval" to the day/night Test matches while leaving the member boards to decide on the type and color of the ball to be used, as it announced new playing conditions for Tests, ODIs and T20 internationals ahead of Sri Lanka-New Zealand series beginning Tu ...
London Closer To NFL Franchise
The NFL New England Patriots-St. Louis Rams game in London on Sunday could be a precursor to the NFL soon having three games a year in the U.K. and a franchise there not long after. During a fan forum earlier this week, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell publicly broached the idea of three regular-seaso ...
Whitmarsh Calls F1 Budget Cap 'Unrealistic'
McLaren F1 Team Principal Martin Whitmarsh has dismissed F1 CEO Bernie Ecclestone's idea of a budget cap as "unrealistic," according to Andrew Benson of BBC.co.uk. Ecclestone "has proposed a $250M limit on total spending, including driver salaries, for all team." Whitmarsh said, "It's a little bit u ...
USSA Submits Request On Vonn's Behalf
The Int'l Ski Federation (FIS) "will consider American skier Lindsey Vonn's wish to compete in a men's World Cup downhill race during a meeting in Switzerland next weekend," according to the SUNDAY TIMES. FIS Communications Manager Riikka Rakic said Sunday that "the federation has been asked by the ...
More Than 100 NHL Players Play Overseas
NHL players Daniel Briere and Claude Giroux "not only impress German hockey fans with their exciting playing style, but they also have proved to be an efficient addition to their club," according to Alexander Petri of the DONAUKURIER.de. The two Canadians "joined German Hockey League (DEL) champions ...
Tags: Leagues and Governing Bodies, Europe, Russia
TV Deal To Lift CA Into Billionaire League
Cricket Australia's media rights tally is likely to reach A$1B ($1.04B) "once new domestic broadcasting contracts are finalised this summer," according to Chris Barrett of the SYDNEY MORNING HERALD. In a "development that will put the sport in the same financial stratosphere as Australian football a ...
NRL To Finalize Player Bonuses Next Week
National Rugby League players are expected to receive a one-off bonus payment from the game's A$1.025B ($1.061B) broadcast deal with Nine and Foxtel "under a proposal to be discussed during negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement," according to Brad Walter of the SYDNEY MORNING HERALD ...
