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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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Horse trainer Mahmood Al Zarooni has lodged an appeal against the severity of his ban "following horse racing's biggest ever doping scandal." News Al Zarooni "is set to launch an appeal against his eight-year ban will be the last thing his former boss Sheikh Mohammad wanted to hear." Everything ...
New Scotland Rugby Coach Kept Secret
The Scotland Rugby Union has confirmed that it has "reached agreement with a new Scotland head coach," and, while it is keeping his identity secret for now, the man "is not a Scot and Australian Ewen McKenzie has emerged as front-runner," according to David Ferguson of the SCOTSMAN. The SRU has "str ...
Singapore Could Host NBA Preseason
Singapore's Sports Hub could "host an NBA preseason game in the future as the franchise looks to expand its presence," according to Lim Say Heng of THE NEW PAPER. NBA Asia, currently headquartered in Hong Kong, "is also keen to establish a base" in Singapore. NBA Asia Business Development & Mark ...
Tags: Asia, Leagues and Governing Bodies
Female Seat At FIFA A 'Significant Step'
Australia FIFA exec committee candidate Moya Dodd said that the introduction of a female seat on the governing body's exec committee "is a significant step in gender inequality being eradicated from the game and not a token position," according to Patrick Johnston of REUTERS. The first election for ...
Racing NSW Stewards Threaten Life Bans
Three Sydney sporting and racing identities "could face life bans from race tracks across the world if they refuse to front a stewards' inquiry into the poor performance of More Joyous, the mare trained by Gai Waterhouse and owned by adman John Singleton," according to Kogoy & Fitzpatrick of THE ...
Evans Confident Bombers Are Innocent
Australian Football League club Essendon Chair David Evans has declared he is "more and more confident" his players were not administered illegal supplements last season, according to Jon Pierik of the SYDNEY MORNING HERALD. While "the joint Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority-AFL investiga ...
Saudi Arabia OKs School Sports For Girls
Girls in Saudi Arabia "are to be allowed to take part in school sports for the first time in the latest sign that the Islamic kingdom is inching forward on the contentious issue of women's rights," according to Lubna Hussain of NBC NEWS. The official Saudi Press Agency announced Sunday that female s ...
Blatter To Look At Asia World Cup Quota
FIFA President Sepp Blatter called for "more berths for Asian teams at future stagings of the World Cup," and said that the issue "would be addressed at a meeting later this month,'' according to the AFP. Blatter said that more Asian teams "should enter the tournament, at the expense of European and ...
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BCCI Accused Of Exchange Violations
An appellate tribunal is set to hear the Board of Control for Cricket in India's appeal against a Rs 52.24 crore ($10M) fine "levied in February by the Competition Commission of India for irregularities in the grant" of Indian Premier League franchise rights, media rights and sponsorship rights, acc ...
V'landys: Attend Waterhouse Inquiry
Racing New South Wales CEO Peter V'landys "has warned that any person directed by stewards to attend Monday's More Joyous inquiry who doesn't could be warned off," according to Chris Roots of THE AGE. V'landys said, ''The integrity of racing is much more important than any individual. There is a rea ...
