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David Beckham To Retire From Football May 26, Remembered As Sporting Icon05 / 17 / 13DAVID BECKHAM "has retired from football," according to Sarah Ebner of the LONDON TIMES. The 38-year-old, who "transcended the sport," has decided "to call it a day after winning the league title in France with Paris Saint-Germain." He is the first British player to win such a title in four differ... Tags: People and Pop Culture, United Kingdom, North America, Europe |
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Serbian club Red Star Belgrade President VLADAN LUKIC stepped down on Tuesday amid fan pressure ahead of the team's crunch city derby with league champions Partizan Belgrade. Senior board member SVETOZAR MIJAILOVIC was named the acting president until a permanent replacement for Lukic is elected ...
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Payne Sports Media Strategies CEO & Chair MICHAEL PAYNE : "European Olympic TV rights - jury out on whether the IOC should ever have broken with EBU. Big strategic mistake to my mind." NFL European Dir of Pulic Affairs DAVID TOSSELL : "Finished reading 'Fibber In The Heat' by Miles Jupp. A ...
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Korean Pitcher To MLB For $26M
Korea Professional Baseball club Hanwha Eagles left-hander RYU HYUN-JIN has the chance to join the MLB L.A. Dodgers "on a big contract," according to Kang Seung-woo of the KOREA TIMES. Ryu said, "It’s a dream come true." The Dodgers' winning bid totaled at $25.7M "to negotiate a contract ove ...
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Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games Organizing Committee named SIDNEY LEVY as the organization CEO and LEONARDO GRYNER the COO in an internal rewstructuring ... World Cup-winning New Zealand national cricket team player KATRINA KEENAN has been appointed as the team's coach. Keenan "has previ ...
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Former NBAer GILBERT ARENAS , who has been working out with the Chinese Super League club Shanghai Sharks, "has impressed both the coaching staff and front office," but so far an official deal has yet to be announced by the team. On Friday, Chinese website QQ Sports reported that the two sides "hav ...
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Bloomberg's TARIQ PANJA : "Sauber F1 prinipal Monisha Kaltenborn says first female driver could be 4-5 years away. She's the first female to lead an F1 team." Guardian's OWEN GIBSON : "Close run thing between IRB and the ATP as to which has the most bafflingly complex rankings system. Fifa's is ...
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Crook Resigns As Sydney FC Coach
A-League Sydney FC Coach IAN CROOK resigned Sunday morning in the wake of Saturday night's 3-2 defeat to Melbourne Victory, according to Sebastian Hassett of the SYDNEY MORNING HERALD. The Sky Blues boss was "abused by fans" at the end of the match. Crook quit suddenly on Sunday. Assistant coach ...
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Vonn Considers Legal Action Against FIS
U.S. skier LINDSEY VONN "will not accept the Int'l Ski Federation's (FIS) decision, which rejected her request to race against men, and considers legal action," according to BLICK. Vonn said, "I've been very dissatisfied by the decision, and I won't quit. I will take a look at all my options. Do I ...
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German second-tier hockey club Bietigheim Steelers "have signed NHL New York Islanders JOSHUA BAILEY ." The 23-year-old Canadian has scored 120 points in four seasons with the Islanders ( EISHOCKEY-MAGAZIN.de, 11/9 ). ... Australian Rugby League Commission Chair JOHN GRANT Sunday night said: "W ...
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Bloomberg's TARIQ PANJA : "Chelsea announce first profit in Roman Abramovich era. £1.4 million pounds profit, compared to £67.7 million loss last year" Manchester Evening News' MIKE KEEGAN : "On Wednesday you beat Barcelona and on Sunday draw with St Johnstone. Football, eh?" Fer ...
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