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Australian Football League Essendon CEO Steps Down In Wake Of Supplements Scandal05 / 24 / 13Australian Football League side Essendon's supplements crisis "has claimed its biggest scalp so far," with Essendon CEO IAN ROBSON resigning, according to Brodie & Niall of THE AGE. Robson said that "he had offered to resign as soon as the extent of the club's supplements crisis was revea... Tags: People and Pop Culture, Australia |
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Beckham To Begn Talks With AS Monaco
DAVID BECKHAM is set to begin negotiations with Ligue 2 side AS Monaco following his final game Saturday in the Major League Soccer Cup final, according to Ben Smith of the BBC. The former England captain has also "attracted interest" from clubs in Russia and Brazil. Beckham plans to make a final ...
Australian's Ponting Ends Test Career
Australia's RICKY PONTING announced his retirement from int'l cricket on Thursday, telling a "stunned" news conference that "he would be calling time on his glittering 17-year career after this week's third test against South Africa," according to Nick Mulvenney of REUTERS. The former Australia ca ...
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Second Bundesliga club FC Cologne "appointed ALEXANDER WEHRLE as its managing director." The 37-year-old "will assume the duties of exec board members CLAUS HORSTMANN and OLIVER LEKI , who will not extend their expiring contracts" ( SID, 11/29 ). ... German 3rd league football club Alemannia ...
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Austrian energy drink Red Bull co-Owner DIETRICH MATESCHITZ "has reportedly provided F1 driver SEBASTIAN VETTEL with an early contract extension until '16." Red Bull Motorsports Dir HELMUT MARKO "denied the reports." Marko said, "Sebastian has a bullet-proof contract with us until 2014. That i ...
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English professional golfer IAN POULTER : "Just in the gym warming the body up for 1st round of Tiger World Challenge. Been up since 4.30 oh joy of jet lag." MLSsoccer.com's FRANCO PANIZO : "Phone being used as recorder rings on table in front of Beckham, who joked about answering b4 saying he ...
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Arsenal CEO IVAN GAZIDIS has been appointed to two posts at the top of football in Europe. Gazidis has been named by the European Club Association as its representative on UEFA's primary policy making body -- the UEFA Professional Strategy Council. He will also take up a seat on the ECA Exec Board ...
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Basketball Bundesliga club Bayern Munich "appointed SVETISLAV PESIC as its head coach." The 63-year-old succeeds YANNIS CHRISTOPOULOS and will head the team until the end of the season" ( ABENDZEITUNG MÜNCHEN, 11/27 ). ... Brasileiro Atlético-MG striker RONALDINHO has extended hi ...
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Brazilian politician and football legend ROMARIO : "Graças a Deus esses incompetentes da CBF acertaram pelo menos uma vez. Desejo muita sorte ao meu amigo Parreira e ao Felipão." ("Thank God these incompetents from the CBF have done well for once. I wish much luck to my friend Parreir ...
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BILL PETERSON has been named Commissioner of the North American Soccer League. Peterson succeeds DAVID DOWNS , who was NASL Commissioner from April '11 until he retired last month ( SportsBusiness Daily, 11/27 ). ... Premiership club Gloucester Rugby has revealed that STEPHEN VAUGHAN has agreed ...
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An attempt to establish a " JEREMY LIN Party" in Taiwan has been rejected by the Ministry of the Interior. A Taiwanese man was "seeking to establish a political party named after Lin" ( CNA, 11/26 ). ... Former Argentina striker MARTIN PALERMO "has begun his coaching career" at Argentine first- ...
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