Only football and not me will do the talking at World Cup opener, says Blatter
BERLIN: Presidents Dilma Rousseff of Brazil and Sepp Blatter of world federation FIFA will not be making any long speeches at the Opening Ceremony of the World Cup finals in June writes KEIR RADNEDGE. That way they will not run the risk of the sound ...
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Bayern and Atletico lead way into the Champions League quarter-finals
MADRID: Holders Bayern Munich and Atletico de Madrid made no mistake as they completed the tasks of dumping Arsenal and Milan out of the UEFA Champions League. New Spain striker Diego Costa maintained his record of scoring in every game he has played this season ...
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Tax evasion trial is told that Bayern president Hoeness really owed €27m
MUNICH: The tax debt run up by Uli Hoeness in his illicit Swiss bank account was at least €27.2m – if not much more – rather than the €3m he paid in January, the second day of his trial was told. Tax inspector Gabriele Hamberger ...
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Rummenigge: European clubs deserve a larger slice of FIFA’s World Cup cake
—- Europe’s clubs are expected to pursue an increase in their slice of FIFA’s World Cup profits as compensation for releasing players to the national team extravaganza writes KEIR RADNEDGE. A clear hint of dissatisfaction with the $70m to be shared out from this year’s ...
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Egyptian fans demand freedom of their football stadia
JAMES M DORSEY: In a rare demonstration of unity, several groups of militant fans have thrown down a gauntlet for the Egyptian interior ministry and its security forces by effectively demanding ownership of sports stadia. In a joint statement, the fans declared that there was ...
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Carreras to perform at Sochi 2014 Paralympic Games Closing Ceremony
SOCHI / PR: José Carreras, visually-impaired Adyg singer Nafset Chenib, and Russian Federation Honoured Artist and Sochi 2014 Ambassador Diana Gurtskaya will perform the Paralympic anthem at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games Closing Ceremony. They will be accompanied by the young singers from the ...
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Sochi Paralympics exceeding all expectations, says IPC president
SOCHI / PR: The Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games may only just be approaching the halfway point but International Paralympic Committee president Sir Philip Craven has already hailed them a huge success and stated they are “exceeding all expectations.” The Games started last Friday with ...
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FA commercial heads leave to start sports rights agency
LONDON: The FA’s two commercial heads are leaving the governing body to form sports rights agency, Sport Collective. Peter Daire (FA Group Head of Sponsorship) and Sean McAuliffe (FA Global Head of Business Development) will leave the Wembley-based FA in March. Their new agency, Sport Collective, ...
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