Blogs Posts in Sports category; 27 blog posts

Sports Marketing is the Recessions New Whipping Boy

That is a quote from a report in this week’s SportsBusiness Journal on the backlash against the TARP assisted financial services sector’s sponsorship of professional sports. This past week saw a media and political outcry over [...]

Posted On : Mar, 05 2009 | Comments : 0

Ronaldo Sweeps Soccer Honors as FIFA Player of Year

Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo was named FIFA’s world player of the year for 2008, giving the Portuguese a sweep of soccer’s top individual honors.Ronaldo also received the Ballon d’Or in December after scorin [...]

Posted On : Jan, 14 2009 | Comments : 0

National Hockey League Game Capsules

Chicago, IL (Sports Network) - Jiri Hudler scored twice and added an assist, as the Detroit Red Wings tallied five consecutive goals en route to a 6-4 win over the Blackhawks in the 2009 Winter Classic at Chicago's Wrigley Field. The clubs [...]

Posted On : Jan, 02 2009 | Comments : 0

PCB may do away with local central contract retainers

The Pakistan board is likely to replace the central contracts retainer structure for domestic regional teams as it looks to adjust to the financial impact of a year without any major cricket.Regional teams such as Karachi and Lahore had a c [...]

Posted On : Dec, 29 2008 | Comments : 0

Tata signs sponsorship deal with Ferrari

Indian technology giant Tata Consultancy has announced a sponsorship deal with Formula One team Ferrari, bucking predictions that the sport could collapse in the global economic crisis.Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) will display its logo [...]

Posted On : Dec, 18 2008 | Comments : 0

Hoy wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year award

Olympic track cycling star Chris Hoy was crowned the BBC Sports Personality of the Year for 2008 at an awards ceremony in Liverpool on Sunday after topping a viewers' poll. The 32-year-old Scot won three golds - in the sprint, team sprint [...]

Posted On : Dec, 15 2008 | Comments : 0

Shoaib Malik hopes cricket can ease Indo-Pak tension

Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik on Tuesday called for India's tour of his country to go ahead, saying "cricket diplomacy" would ease tensions between the rival neighbours.The captain made his remarks amid reports that India will can [...]

Posted On : Dec, 03 2008 | Comments : 0

Cricket Australia moves quickly on Symonds issue

Cricket Australia expects to make an announcement on Wednesday regarding the future of troubled Test batsman Andrew Symonds, who is under investigation following a clash with a member of the public.The statement released on Tuesday shows Cr [...]

Posted On : Nov, 25 2008 | Comments : 0

Soccer-Maradona not bothered by Butcher hand-shake refusal

Diego Maradona will not lose any sleep over Terry Butcher's refusal to shake hands with him at Wednesday's friendly against Scotland, Argentina's coach said on Tuesday. Maradona, who will make his debut as Argentina coach at Hampden Park, [...]

Posted On : Nov, 19 2008 | Comments : 0

Cricket-Pakistan must move on after losing Yousuf - Intikhab

Pakistan coach Intikhab Alam has criticised experienced batsman Mohammad Yousuf for joining the unofficial Indian Cricket League T20 competition. Yousuf, 34, has been banned by the Pakistan Cricket Board. He averaged an impressive 55.49 in [...]

Posted On : Nov, 06 2008 | Comments : 0

One down, six to go ... Lewis Hamilton has Michael Schumache...

As the legends of the sport queued to acknowledge Lewis Hamilton's achievement in becoming the youngest world champion in Formula One history, many predicted that he will go on to become a multiple winner. There were even forecasts that Ham [...]

Posted On : Nov, 04 2008 | Comments : 0

Federer tops all-time career earnings' list

Madrid: World number two Roger Federer has surpassed Pete Sampras to become the all-time leader in career prize money earnings in men's tennis, the ATP said on Thursday.The five-times US Open champion took his career earnings to over $43.3 [...]

Posted On : Oct, 22 2008 | Comments : 0

Two 'Natural' handles prove better than one in tennis

But 'The Natural' is not for the likes of Alan Titchmarsh and Charlie Dimmock. It happens to be a tennis racket, if a very strange-looking one, and an innovation in design that has not been to everyone's liking in the sport – you wo [...]

Posted On : Oct, 11 2008 | Comments : 0

Place only for 'committed' Symonds

Andrew Symonds might be one of the leading all-rounders in world cricket today but Australia can cope without him, according to Cricket Australia boss James Sutherland. After Symonds skipped a compulsory team meeting before the one-day s [...]