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Executive Transactions05 / 22 / 13TAMAS AJAN of Hungary "has been re-elected to serve four more years" as president of the Int'l Weightlifting Federation, which he has led since '00. Ajan defeated European Weightlifting Federation President ANTONIO URSO ( AP, 5/21 ). ... The man who was dubbed "career delegation leader" for le... Tags: Europe, People and Pop Culture |
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The Times' OLIVER KAY : "A sprinkler at Anfield has misfired at half-time and soaked those on the front row of directors' box. Shame Hicks/Gillett not here..." Speed’s F1 reporter WILL BUXTON: "In the media pen I said to kimi, in Finnish, "Time For a Beer." He wasn't expecting it, and la ...
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DAVID BECKHAM "is set to quit" Major League Soccer team L.A. Galaxy "and may move to N.Y. so his wife can pursue her fashion career." The 37-year-old, "who has become arguably more famous off the pitch than on it, is not expected to renew his one-year rolling contract with the club," which runs ou ...
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The O2 arena in London has appointed Haymarket magazine Event and Media Week Editor JEREMY KING as director of communications as the venue goes up for sale. King will succeed STEPHEN FARMER in December ( PRWEEK.com, 11/1 ). ... New Zealand Cricket board member and former Test player STEPHEN B ...
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Swiss National League A hockey club Rapperswil-Jona Lakers have signed NHL N.Y. Rangers defenseman MICHAEL DEL ZOTTO . In addition, National League B club Red Ice Martigny has signed NHL Boston Bruins forward CHRIS KELLY ( NZZ.ch, 10/31 ). ... The Korea Baseball Organization announced it will i ...
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Reuters' ALAN BALDWIN : Asked Horner about the T-shirts and he denied it, just as he did last year and in 2010. Traditions have to be upheld. The Telegraph's PAUL HAYWARD : Via a doctor I've been told that a Celtic fan recently refused to be treated for a head wound when he found out the stitch ...
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U.S. Women Hire Aussie Football Coach
Australian women's national football team head coach TOM SERMANNI has been hired as the head coach of the U.S. women's national football team, according to Nicholas Rosano of MLSSOCCER.com. The Matildas coach will replace PIA SUNDHAGE , "who resigned earlier this year after leading the U.S. team" ...
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Former Aviva Premiership Sale Sharks Dir of Rugby BRYAN REDPATH has "accepted the position of head coach" of the club. Redpath was considering an offer to become the backs coach Tuesday after "being removed from his more powerful position following a dreadful start" to the Premiership season. Redp ...
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Swiss IndyCar driver SIMONA DE SILVESTRO "signed a one-year deal with the KV Racing Technology team for the '13 season" ( BLICK.ch, 10/30 ). ... German Davis Cup Team captain PATRIK KÜHNEN will resign at the end of the year. Kühnen said, "I got the feeling over the last couple of wee ...
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BBC tennis reporter JONATHAN OVEREND : "True to form, Djokovic has a Paris Halloween surprise and walks onto court wearing a Darth Vadar mask." SPEED channel's F1 reporter WILL BUXTON : "Landed in Dubai to confirmation Hulkenberg is Sauber bound. EPIC SHOCK. Or not. Good move for driver and tea ...
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Murray Calls For Increased Drug Testing
British tennis player ANDY MURRAY "called for tennis to step up its efforts to ensure it does not suffer from the same drugs-related scourge that has blighted cycling," according to Mike Dickson of the London DAILY MAIL. Murray "wants to see an increase in the unannounced testing" of players in th ...
