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Executive Transactions05 / 21 / 13F1 team Mercedes AMG Petronas has reached an agreement with Vodafone McLaren Mercedes for British motor racing engineer PADDY LOWE to join the team on June 3. Lowe will assume the title of exec director and work closely with Team Principal ROSS BRAWN , Exec Dir TOTO WOLFF and the team's senior ... Tags: People and Pop Culture |
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Footballer DAVID BECKHAM : "That's me reitred! Thanks everyone for all the support!" London Guardian's SID LOWE : "Ryan Giggs is currently Michael J Fox looking at that photo of his family, with people disappearing ... Fergie, Scholes, Becks..." BBC's PHIL MCNULTY : "David Beckham c ...
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UK Athletics Head Coach Eriksson Quits
UK Athletics has confirmed that head coach PETER ERIKSSON "is to quit just five months in the job, threatening to undermine an expansive restructuring of the sport at elite level following the London Olympics," according to Owen Gibson of the London Guardian. Eriksson will leave his British Athlet ...
Ecclestone Charged With Bribery
Munich prosecutors "filed charges" against F1 CEO BERNIE ECCLESTONE at the Munich district court on Wednesday. Investigators "accuse Ecclestone of two crimes: bribery of an official in a particularly serious case and incitement to embezzlement, also in a particularly serious case." The bribery cha ...
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Former London & Partners Senior Project Manager ALEXANDRA GOLDSCHMIDT has joined the National Football League's U.K. office as sponsorship manager. Goldschmidt joins the team headed up by U.K. Commercial Dir BEN DUNN as the NFL looks to continues its expansion in the U.K. ...
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Newly hired Bayern Munich coach PEP GUARDIOLA has had conferences in México, Colombia and Argentina. Now he has been contacted by former Chilean Football President HAROLD MAYNE-NICHOLLS . Mayne-Nicholls said on Twitter, "Yesterday in New York after spending time with him, I invited Pep Gua ...
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Reuters' KAROLOS GROHMANN : "@werderbremen and long-time coach #ThomasSchaaf part ways after 14 years. #bundesliga #werder" London Daily Mirror's OLIVER HOLT : "Gazing out over pitch at Amsterdam Arena now. Stadium looks magnficent. Steep sides, seats close to the pitch. Should be great a ...
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Bundesliga Bayer Leverkusen Managing Dir WOLFGANG HOLZHÄUSER "will step down from his postion at the end of September." The 63-year-old, who has spent 15 years at the club, "will leave Bayer Leverkusen on Sept. 30." Holzhäuser will be replaced by current pharmaceutical company Bayer AG G ...
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Real Madrid midfielder SAMI KHEDIRA has been named German Football Ambassador of the year at a ceremony in Nuremburg. Khedira won the award, which was determined by the public, by receiving more votes than his teammate MESUT ÖZIL , Serie A Lazio's MIROSLAV KLOSE and EPL Arsenal's LUKAS PO ...
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Daily Telegraph's MARK OGDEN : "Ridiculous that a manager can be sacked for finishing second and getting to the Cup Final, especially having won the league 12 months ago." BBC's PHIL MCNULTY : "CL failure. Poor title defence. Dressing room discontent. Public complaints about transfer po ...
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DR. GAETAN TARDIF has been elected Canadian Paralympic Committee president. Tardiff replaces DAVID LEGG , who held the position for three years ( CBC, 5/11 ). ... Real Madrid President FLORENTINO PÉREZ "has no rivals." This week, Pérez will announce that he will present himself ...
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