SPORTING NEWS
The latest sporting news from the sport industry:
| Olympic Hotels Slash Rates as Costs, Visa Rules Deter Visitors | 23.07.2008 |
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| Beijing hotels are slashing rates by as much as 50 percent for next month’s Olympics in a last-ditch bid to lure tourists put off by soaring travel costs and difficulties obtaining visas. | |
| ...more | source:www.sports-city.org |
| Furore over new Safa boss | 22.07.2008 |
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| TENSION is mounting ahead of Friday’s SA Football Association (Safa) national executive committee (NEC) meeting. | |
| ...more | source:www.sports-city.org |
| NBC Is 90% Sold For Beijing Games - On Pace To Set Olympic Record | 22.07.2008 |
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| NBC Olympics has sold 90 percent of its advertising inventory for the upcoming Beijing Olympic Games, on pace to shatter records from past Olympics. | |
| ...more | source:www.sports-city.org |
| Protests, ambush marketing hurt Olympic brand | 22.07.2008 |
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| Protests against China’s policies at home and abroad, as well as marketing techniques used by companies that are not official Olympic sponsors, have made the Beijing games a risky proposition for some sponsors. | |
| ...more | source:www.sports-city.org |
| NFL Stars to wear Reebok Speedwick Tee | 22.07.2008 |
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| In an unprecedented showcase of the brand’s association with the National Football League, Reebok introduces „Join the Migration“, a powerful television campaign for the launch of the new NFL Equipment Speedwick Tee, an anti-microbial, moisture wicking shirt with a unique, soft cotton hand. | |
| ...more | source:www.fibre2fashion.com |
| Volcom buys Laguna Surf & Sport, terms undisclosed | 21.07.2008 |
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| Men\'s and women\'s clothing and accessories company Volcom Inc. on Monday said it is buying Laguna Surf & Sport for undisclosed terms. | |
| ...more | source:biz.yahoo.com |
| LaCrosse Footwear expands in Denmark | 21.07.2008 |
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| LaCrosse Footwear Inc. has established a subsidiary in Copenhagen, Denmark, named LaCrosse Europe ApS. | |
| ...more | source:www.bizjournals.com |
| Concerns over Olympic drug test | 21.07.2008 |
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| A BBC investigation has found that there are serious question marks over a key drug test just two weeks before the start of the Beijing Olympics. | |
| ...more | source:www.sports-city.org |
| Sponsor Barloworld to quit after doping | 21.07.2008 |
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| South African industrial group Barloworld will end their cycling team sponsorship after the Tour de France following a positive dope test by one of their riders on the three-week race. | |
| ...more | source:www.sports-city.org |
| FIFA Considers Giving Brazil 2010 World Cup, AS.com Reports | 18.07.2008 |
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| FIFA may ask Brazil to host the 2010 World Cup soccer tournament if South Africa isn’t deemed ready to host the international tournament, Spain’s AS.com Web site reported. | |
| ...more | source:www.sports-city.org |
| Beijing Games architecture aims to shock, awe | 18.07.2008 |
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| While feats of athletic brilliance may be the main focus of cameras during the Beijing Olympics, the telegenic venues set to host the athletes will draw their own share of gasps from admiring spectators. | |
| ...more | source:www.sports-city.org |
| Anheuser-Busch Will Sponsor U.S. Olympic Team Through 2012 | 18.07.2008 |
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| Budweiser extended its sponsorship of the U.S. Olympic Team through 2012, three days after owner Anheuser-Busch Cos. agreed to be bought by Belgium\'s InBev NV. | |
| ...more | source:www.sports-city.org |
| DIRECTV Launches NBC Universal’s 2008 Beijing Olympic Games On Demand | 18.07.2008 |
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| DIRECTV customers are catching Olympic fever early this year via a special video on demand (VOD) Olympics programming package now available on DIRECTV’s VOD service, DIRECTV on DEMAND, through an agreement with NBC Universal (NBCU). | |
| ...more | source:www.sports-city.org |
| Olympic and Paralympic merchandise „takes off“ in new store at Vancouver International Airport | 18.07.2008 |
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| Official Olympic and Paralympic apparel and merchandise for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games will be taking off for destinations around the globe with yesterday’s grand opening of the first Olympic Store at Vancouver International Airport (YVR). | |
| ...more | source:www.sports-city.org |
| Confusion over key Beijing Olympic subway lines | 18.07.2008 |
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| With three weeks to go before the Beijing Olympics begin, an official admitted on Thursday he had no idea when exactly three crucial new subway lines would open, though he added trains should be running early next week. | |
| ...more | source:www.sports-city.org |
| China Netcom selects Tektronix for Olympics | 18.07.2008 |
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| Tektronix India announced that China Netcom (CNC) has selected Tektronix video test and monitoring equipment to help ensure flawless video broadcasting of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. | |
| ...more | source:www.sports-city.org |
| Dress shirt distributor to unveil Van Heusen Sportswear Program | 17.07.2008 |
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| Eurostyle de Mexico, S.A. de B.V., A.C. and Ben Betesh International S.A. d/b/a Euro CVH S.A. de C.V. have been licensed by Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation to manufacture and market a full range of Van Heusen sportswear and accessories and operate Van Heusen retail stores in Mexico. | |
| ...more | source:www.fibre2fashion.com |
| Dick’s offers Reebok VY Electrify collection | 17.07.2008 |
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| Reebok, the authentic outfitter of the NFL, announces the launch of the VY Electrify football cleat and trainer. | |
| ...more | source:www.fibre2fashion.com |
| Opening ceremony rehearsal lights up Beijing sky | 17.07.2008 |
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| Beijing residents were last night given a preview of what is to come when they were treated to a impressive display of fireworks as preparations continue for the Beijing Olympic Games opening ceremony. | |
| ...more | source:www.sports-city.org |
| Unified bid for golf at 2016 Olympics | 17.07.2008 |
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| Golf’s professional and amateur bodies have joined forces in a bid to reappear as an Olympic sport after an absence of more than 100 years. | |
| ...more | source:www.sports-city.org |