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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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ICC To Investigate Alleged Match-Fixing
The latest "sting operation has revealed that six umpires were ready to be bribed" during the recently concluded Twenty20 World Cup and Sri Lanka Premier League in August, according to IANS. India TV, which had earlier conducted a sting operation on corruption in India's domestic circuit, "has come ...
Australian Administrator Calls On Women
Former Head of Corporate Affairs for Football Federation Australia Bonita Mersiades called for "more women to be involved at board and senior management level" during Monday's Asia Pacific World Sport and Women Conference in Melbourne, according to Ray Gatt of THE AUSTRALIAN. Mersiades, one of Austr ...
Malaysian Clubs Ordered To Pay Deposits
Malaysia's football clubs will be ordered to pay deposits of millions of ringgit next season before they can compete "to ensure players receive their wages," according to Ossian Shine of REUTERS. Ten of the 14 clubs in the M-League are "in the red," while three teams face sanctions for "failing to s ...
Tags: Leagues and Governing Bodies, Asia
UEFA Offers Risk, Reward For CAA
UEFA surprisingly last week chose a newly created subsidiary of CAA Sports to exclusively sell the commercial rights for Euro 2016 as well as qualifying events for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, marking the agency's biggest push -- and gamble -- into the lucrative global soccer business, according to Liz ...
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Spanish Sports Facing Funding Cuts
Spain Superior Council of Sports President Miguel Cardenal "announced cut-backs" of 34% in the grants to federations, according to the EFE. Cardenal explained that €31M ($40.2M) in grants will be given to sports federations. The number represents a 34% decrease from the €47M that was hande ...
Cricket Takes Aim At U.S. Market
The Int'l Cricket Council is "blessing a new venture with ambitions to create a league of teams" in big U.S. cities, according to Roger Blitz of the FINANCIAL TIMES. The new push in the country is built around Twenty20, the three-hour short form of the game "generating such popularity" in south Asia ...
Korean F1 Looks For Financing
Organizers of the Korean F1 Grand Prix "face the monumental task of plugging a gaping hole in its bottom line and turning its finances around," according to Jung Min-ho of the KOREA TIMES. Two of the race's main sponsors have "pulled out, with the deficit estimated to reach 30B won ($27M)." Last yea ...
Tags: Leagues and Governing Bodies, Asia
AIFF Signs Contract With FIFA Referees
FIFA referees Pratap Singh, CR Srikrishna and MB Santosh Kumar "signed a professional contract, the first of its kind in India," with the All India Football Federation at the Football House, according to Arani Basu of TNN. This is the first time any referee has been brought under a contract system. ...
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Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse told the media that "his government was ready" to send a cricket team to Pakistan. The '09 Lahore terror attack is "yet to become even a distant memory," but Rajapakse "has reportedly given his consent to the country's cricket team touring Pakistan again." Howe ...
Ipswich Striker Charged With Race Fixing
Championship Club Ipswich Town striker Michael Chopra "has been charged with race fixing by the British Horseracing Authority," according to Paul Kelso of the London INDEPENDENT. A BHA investigation revealed that Chopra is one of three footballers charged with breaches of the rules of racing, includ ...
