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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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Q&A With DEL CEO Gernot Tripcke
Germany's top-flight hockey league, the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL), is coming off a very successful '11-12 season during which it set an attendance record with an average of 6,059 fans during the regular season. The league also returns to free-to-air TV after signing a new broadcasting-rights dea ...
Brazil Adds Funding For Olympic Sports
Brazil President Dilma Rousseff and Minister of Sport Aldo Rebelo launched a new plan to enhance Brazil’s high performance sports for the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The Brasil Medalhas 2016 plan (Medals for Brazil 2016) aims to place Brazil among the top 10 medal-winning countries ...
UEFA Ups Champions League Payout
UEFA will distribute a total of €910.3M ($1.2B) to all 32 teams participating in the '12-13 Champions League season, which starts on Tuesday, according to the SID. The fund is €156.2M ($205M) larger than last season's total of €754.1M. Bonuses of €500.7M ($656.8M) will be av ...
Celts Plan To Rescue Heineken Cup
Representatives from the six competing nations of rugby's Heineken Cup will gather in Dublin Tuesday hoping to resolve "the bitter row over the future" of the tournament, according to Stephen Jones of the SUNDAY TIMES. Europe’s premier club rugby competition is "under threat" after the English ...
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The German Touring Car Championship (DTM) has "already equaled the attendance number of '11 with two races left in the '12 season." On Saturday, race organizers counted 71,000 fans at the eighth race of the season in Oschersleben, Germany. The high attendance has resulted in a total of 630,500 fans ...
Celtic Cleared By SPL For Use Of EBT
The Scottish Premier League revealed Wednesday that it "has investigated Celtic’s use of an Employee Benefit Trust and is satisfied that no rules were breached," according to Lisa Gray of the SCOTSMAN. Reports stated that an EBT was used "while Brazilian midfielder Juninho was at the club." EB ...
Hyundai Returns To WRC in '14
Korean car manufacturer Hyundai "will return to the FIA World Rally Championship in '14," according to Mario Fritzsche of MOTORSPORT-TOTAL.com. Hyundai plans to compete part-time in '13 to gain experience. There is an increasing number of signs signaling that Hyundai "will officially announce its WR ...
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Hong Kong Open organizers Wednesday "asked the government for HK$16M ($2.1M) in funding," with an eye on netting world No. 1 golfer Rory McIlroy. The Hong Kong Golf Association and the European Tour met with officials from the Tourism Commission's Mega Events Fund to "voice a multimillion-dollar ple ...
UAE Next Stop For American Football
A four-team American football league representing the cities of Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Al Ain in the UAE will kick off next month, according to Paul Oberjuerge of THE NATIONAL. Organizers have planned the league's season to culminate with the Desert Bowl championship game in March. Emirati American Fo ...
Cameron Apologizes For Stadium Tragedy
British PM David Cameron apologized to the families of the 96 victims of Hillsborough for the "double injustice" they suffered in the wake of Britain's worst sporting disaster, according to Brown & Herbert of the London INDEPENDENT. The Attorney General will now "consider applying to the High Co ...
