The latest sporting news from the sport industry:
| Sports Direct launches Dunlop & Lonsdale brand in ITAT Sports World | 28.06.2008 |
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| On May 25, 2008, the largest UK sports goods listed company, Sports Direct, launched two popular brands, Dunlop, the hundred-year brand, and Lonsdale in China for the first time in the >>ITAT Sports World<< of three ITAT Membership Super Clubs in Shenzhen. | |
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| Michael Gray resigns from Quiksilver Board | 27.06.2008 |
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| Quiksilver Inc announced that Michael Gray has resigned from its Board of Directors effective Monday, June 23, 2008. | |
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| NIKE produces solid sales growth across all geographies | 26.06.2008 |
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| NIKE Inc reported financial results for the 2008 fiscal year ended May 31, 2008. | |
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| Dubai Sports signs sponsorship agreement with Meydan | 26.06.2008 |
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| Dubai Sports Channel signed a partnership agreement of TV sponsorship with Meydan, the pioneering national project that made headlines recently. | |
| ...more | source:www.ameinfo.com |
| China\'s Hu says Olympics preparations in >>final dash<< | 26.06.2008 |
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| Chinese President Hu Jintao has said preparations for the Beijing Olympics have entered their >>final dash<< and urged officials to ensure roads, train stations and airports are ready for a torrent of visitors. | |
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| Black market tickets seized in Vienna clampdown | 26.06.2008 |
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| About 300 black market tickets had been confiscated from touts by Vienna police during Euro 2008, including 155 before last Sunday\'s quarter-final between Spain and Italy, organisers UEFA said on Wednesday. | |
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| Euro semi TV coverage blacked out | 26.06.2008 |
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| A thunderstorm is thought to have been to blame for interrupting television coverage of Germany\'s 3-2 semi-final win over Turkey at Euro 2008. | |
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| Oxylane deploys PTC\'s FlexPLM for sports shoes designing | 25.06.2008 |
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| PTC, The Product Development Company, announced that Oxylane Group - the new corporate identity of the Décathlon Group- the sports equipment manufacturer and retailer, has chosen PTC FlexPLM to accelerate development of its private-label products. | |
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| IOC probes anti-Dalai Lama torch speech | 25.06.2008 |
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| The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is investigating a speech made by Tibet\'s Communist Party boss at the end of last weekend\'s Beijing torch relay leg in Lhasa in which he denounced the Dalai Lama. | |
| ...more | source:www.sports-city.org |
| Wimbledon under fire for pigeon cull | 25.06.2008 |
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| Wimbledon came under fire from animal activists on Tuesday for using marksmen to shoot down dive-bombing pigeons. | |
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| UEFA launches ISO for car rights packages | 24.06.2008 |
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| UEFA launched on Monday an Invitation to Submit Offers (ISO) process for sponsorship rights packages for the Automotive Category for the UEFA Champions League seasons 2009/10, 2010/11 and 2011/12, and for the UEFA Super Cup 2009, 2010 and 2011. | |
| ...more | source:www.sports-city.org |
| Uefa keen to reduce European rewards for Premier League clubs | 24.06.2008 |
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| Uefa will try to persuade English clubs to accept a smaller chunk of future Champions League revenues after latest figures revealed another bumper European pay-day for the four Premier League sides last season. | |
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| Adidas seeks friendly breakup with supplier | 23.06.2008 |
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| German-based footwear maker Adidas Group pledges to maintain communications with its Indonesian supplier, PT Prima Inreksa Industries, following its decision to terminate a contract with the company by the end of this year. | |
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| Karen Murray to lead VF Sportswear Coalition | 20.06.2008 |
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| VF Corporation announced that it has promoted Karen Murray to President of its Sportswear coalition, effective immediately. | |
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| Xtep eyes Olympics boom, races to expand | 20.06.2008 |
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| Chinese sportswear firm Xtep expects national Olympics pride to give its sales around a 30 per cent higher-than-average boost between June and August as it seeks to build its brand in China\'s crowded sportswear market and beyond. | |
| ...more | source:www.businessspectator.com.au |
| Ticket touts say finals have been big success | 20.06.2008 |
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| Euro 2008 has been a fantastic success, according to the touts who have made hefty profits by ignoring UEFA rules on the resale of match tickets. | |
| ...more | source:www.sports-city.org |
| IOC appoints Sponsorship Intelligence to conduct consumer and media research | 20.06.2008 |
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| The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has appointed research consultancy Sponsorship Intelligence to conduct consumer and media research into this year\'s Games. | |
| ...more | source:www.sports-city.org |
| French Olympic swimmers debut TYR Olympic swimsuit | 19.06.2008 |
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| La Fédération Française de Natation used a Paris pool deck as a fashion runway and previewed the official 2008 French National Team’s Olympic competition swimsuit. | |
| ...more | source:www.fibre2fashion.com |
| Beijing checks Olympic stadium safety after Sichuan quake | 19.06.2008 |
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| Beijing authorities are checking the earthquake resilience of Chinas >>Birds Nest<< Olympic stadium and 57 other major structures in the wake of the Sichuan disaster, Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday. | |
| ...more | source:www.sports-city.org |
| Eurosport unveils Beijing 2008 Olympics programming | 19.06.2008 |
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| European sports broadcaster Eurosport, which is the official Olympics broadcaster, has announced its editorial coverage for Beijing 2008, the 10th consecutive Olympic Games covered by it since 1992. | |
| ...more | source:www.sports-city.org |





