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Ajax coach De Boer agrees to extend contract
Ajax football coach Frank de Boer has agreed to extend his contract until the middle of 2017. The Amsterdam-based club announced Tuesday that De Boer, whose current contract expires in 2014, will now sign a new four-year deal running from July 1, 2013 until June 20, 2017, reports Xinhua. The 43-year-old former Dutch international started as head coach of Ajax in December 2010. He captured ...
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ESPN layoffs 7000 workers as TV rights fees rise
Sports media giant ESPN has given pink slips to nearly 7,000 employees on Tuesday, the network said in a statement. The Bristol, Connecticut-based company said it was looking at the financial bottom line. In a statement the company said that they were implementing changes across the company to enhance their continued growth while smartly managing costs. It added that while difficult, they ...
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Trinindad Football hints at probe to uncover missing funds
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) has hinted that an investigation could be launched into unaccounted revenues generated by the federation from World Cup 2006. President of the TTFF Raymond Tim Kee announced Tuesday that a probe is being considered during a press conference at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, reports CMC. "From our understanding, TTFF is very much a part of ...
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Stoke City coach Pulis steps down
Stoke City coach Tony Pulis parted ways with the English Premier League football club after seven years in charge. The club, finishing in the 13th place, said Tuesday that Pulis left the club on mutual agreement, reports Xinhua. Pulis, 55, was named Stoke coach for a second spell in 2006, and led the club to promotion to the Premier League in 2008 after a 23-year ...
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Fifa World Cup-themed $820 million mall for Qatar
A QR 3 billion (US$820 million) World-cup themed shopping mall in Doha which hopes to attract 20 million visitors a year is set to be completed in 2015 the developer said yesterday. Developer UrbaCon Trading & Contracting said the Mall of Qatar, a 162,000 square metre mall located in Doha next to one of the future venues for the FIFA 2022 World Cup, has been designed with a FIFA theme. ...
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Sport infrastructure enables to host European Islamic Olympic Games
A press conference related to Islamic Olympic Games to take place in Azerbaijan in 2017 was held in Hilton hotel in Baku. "The European Olympic Games-2015 will be the first comprehensive competitions in Azerbaijan," Youth and Sports Ministers of Azerbaijan Azad Rahimov ...
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IPL Cricket 2013 Rajasthan to meet Mumbai for final against Chennai
Cricket News: IPL Cricket 2013: Rajasthan Royals will meet Mumbai Indians in the Qualifier 2 for a place in the final against Chennai Super ...
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Indian Sports Minister moots deterrent law to prevent credibility crisis
India News: Indian Sports Minister Jitendra Singh today insisted that a deterrent law could have prevented the credibility crisis that cricket is facing right now. And it is not only about cricket. We are talking about cricket because of this expose but there are other sports as well," he ...
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LeBron Heat dig deep to top Pacers in Game 1
(AP Photo/The Palm Beach Post, Allen Eyestone). Miami Heat forward LeBron James (6) scored in the last seconds of overtime to defeat the Indiana Pacers in Miami on Tuesday May 22, ...
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NBL breaks away from Basketball Australia
Australia Basketball Australia (BA) and the NBL have agreed to split, with the 2013/14 season to be run by the newly-formed National Basketball Competition (NBC).The NBL will operate separately from BA, with a newly-formed leadership group to take control of the league.The NBC, which represents all NBL clubs, on Thursday signed a heads of agreement with BA to proceed with a de-merger ahead of ...
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Australian sports firm refutes charges of financial irregularities
Australian sports management firm Sports Marketing and Management (SMAM), which finds itself in the midst of controversy regarding the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, has refuted allegations of any financial ...
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Magic netball coach Taurua calls time
Noeline Taurua's long tenure as Waikato-Bay of Plenty Magic coach will end in August.Taurua, who guided the Magic to last year's trans-Tasman netball league title, says the time is right to move on."This is my 11th year in this environment, which is a long time," she said.Taurua said she made her decision early to allow plenty of time for her replacement to settle into the ...
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Pulis Success was lost in the wash
The Rolling Stones' return to Hyde Park will see them team up with former guitarist Mick Taylor, but there will be no reappearance of the white dress Mick Jagger wore at the original 1969 gig because he has lost ...
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Ocean not all that separates US European fans
Imagine Derek Jeter leading the New York Yankees off the field because opposing fans were yelling racial slurs and throwing bananas at his team. Or a game between the Miami Heat and Chicago Bulls halted because of unrelenting race-baiting from the ...
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I hang my head in shame says Sports Minister Jitendra Singh on IPL fixing scandal
New Delhi: Sports Minister Jitendra Singh today said he has been forced to hang his head in shame due to the IPL spot-fixing scandal, which is becoming bigger and murkier with each passing day, insisting that a deterrent law could have prevented the credibility crisis that cricket is facing right now."It is very shameful. As a young person, as a sports fan, as the Sports Minister of the ...
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Osieck banks on World Cup experience
Socceroos coach Holger Osieck has put his faith in the old guard to steer Australia to a third consecutive World Cup, despite three key members lacking minutes at club level. Osieck on Thursday named a 26-man squad for his side's three remaining World Cup qualifiers. The Socceroos, currently third in their qualifying pool, face Japan away on Tuesday week before crunch home fixtures ...
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HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL ROUNDUP University on cloud nine after first-round City Div. I victory at Chatsworth
A year after losing in the City Section Div. I baseball final, third-seeded Chatsworth suffered a stunning 11-10 first-round setback in nine innings Wednesday to No. 19 University (22-10-1). It marked the first time in Chatsworth coach Tom Meusborn's 24-year tenure that the Chancellors lost an opening-round playoff game. The Wildcats, who will play No. 11 Marshall in Friday's ...
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Plum baseball ends season with tough loss to North Allegheny
The Plum varsity baseball team cleared one hurdle in the WPIAL Quad-A playoffs this year when it took down Shaler in the first round to snap a six-game playoff losing streak dating back to ...
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Plum High School Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2013 selected
The Plum High School Sports Hall of Fame committee has announced the eight-member Class of 2013 that will be inducted on Nov. 14 at Edgewood Country Club in ...
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Three New Coaches Make County Debuts in Preps Football
WINTER HAVEN | It's a brand new season with some brand new faces. The spring football season kicks off tonight with four games featuring three new head coaches. Ron Johnson (Haines City), Russ Rogers (Ridge Community) and Tommy Lewis (Victory Christian) make their head coaching debuts in spring games. And while students, faculty and fans are eager to see what caliber of action the new ...
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Mayor Rob Ford sidelined as football coach by school board
Mayor Rob Ford coaches the Don Bosco Eagles football team during the Metro Bowl at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Nov. 27, 2012. (Kevin Van Paassen/The Globe and ...
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Whelan hopeful Martinez will stay
Whelan is set to find out later today whether the Spaniard has decided to walk away from the DW Stadium after the club's relegation from the ...
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Zabaleta excited by Pellegrini
The City defender has long known of Pellegrini's reputation having been a junior at Argentinian club San Lorenzo when the Chilean was first-team boss. Pellegrini is widely expected to be named as replacement for the ...
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Panathinaikos Face Appeal Over Licence to Play in Greece
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Pens punish Sens to go up 3-1
the lead. That might sound like an old Seinfeld bit, but no one in Ottawa was laughing. After goals from Milan Michalek and Kyle Turris staked the Sens to a 2-1 edge after an entertaining first period, the Pittsburgh Penguins roared back with six unanswered goals on the way to a 7-3 win and a commanding 3-1 series lead. Here are some observations from the pivotal Game ...
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Portland animal shelters need every bit of help available
Animal abandonment remains a problem across the United States and Portland is no different, the Oregon Humane Society in Portland and Multnomah County Animal Services, routinely receive hundreds of animals each year, many of which are brought to them by the public or authorities who have found the animals wandering the streets.
In 2008, Portland became the buzz of the web when Portland news media reported that a pit-bull had boarded a city bus without anyone accompanying him and went for a ride. On the web, Portland became known as a pet-friendly city because the bus driven had allowed the dog to ride the bus. Read more
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