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DB Apparel has been accused of price fixing by the...
DB Apparel has been accused of price fixing by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), the British competition regulator, which has issued a “Statement of Objections” against its U.K. subsidiary, inviting the parties involved in the case to make their observations. The company, a maker of sports bras based in ...
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The General Assembly of the United Nations voted by consensus...
The General Assembly of the United Nations voted by consensus to establish an International Day of Sport for Development and Peace. It will celebrated each year on April 6, the date when the modern Olympic Games were first opened in Athens in 1896.
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According to SAZ, an executive of Nike is said to...
According to SAZ, an executive of Nike is said to be the leading candidate to succeed Frank Dassler of Adidas as the next president of Fesi, the European Sporting Goods Industry Federation, for the next three years. After a meeting of the organization's board of directors last week, officials of ...
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Clarifying its conditions for foreign direct investment in retailing, the...
Clarifying its conditions for foreign direct investment in retailing, the Indian government has ruled that foreign operators must procure at least 30 percent of the goods from small Indian companies that have invested a maximum of US$2 million in plant and equipment. To control any retail operations in India, these ...
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Giant China is looking for a review of the European...
Giant China is looking for a review of the European Commission's decision to assess anti-dumping duties against it, according to CyclePress, the Asian trade journal. The Commission decided in June for a continuation of the 48.5 percent anti-dumping duty on bicycles imported from China into the EU, but partly or ...
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Tickets for next year's World Cup in Brazil should be...
Tickets for next year's World Cup in Brazil should be the cheapest ever sold in the competition's history, according to a statement by Fifa, the international governing body of football. Jérôme Valcke, Fifa's secretary general and the organization's No. 2, said that 70 percent of the tickets will be cheaper ...
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Claude Benoit is retiring as president of Asmas, the Swiss...
Claude Benoit is retiring as president of Asmas, the Swiss sporting goods retailers' association, which he entered in 1975 and led since 1977, starting off as secretary general. He will continue to act as a consultant to Asmas, and he will also continue to run Fedas, the European sporting goods ...
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Li-Ning has suspended its sponsorship of Asafa Powell after the...
Li-Ning has suspended its sponsorship of Asafa Powell after the Jamaican sprinter was formally placed under criminal investigation in Italy for possibly violating doping laws earlier this month. Italian police confiscated unidentified substances in a raid on the hotel where Asafa Powell, Jamaican teammate Sherone Simpson and their Canadian physical ...
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Adidas has suspended its contract with Tyson Gay after the...
Adidas has suspended its contract with Tyson Gay after the American sprinter failed an out-of-competition drug test, but the brand said that it presumes his innocence until proven otherwise. Tyson declared that he could not identify the substance, but he is withdrawing from next month's world track & field championships ...
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The organizers of the Wimbledon tennis tournament have reported banned...
The organizers of the Wimbledon tennis tournament have reported banned Roger Federer from wearing his tennis shoes with orange soles on the court, but the style has sold out on Nike's website
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Luca Businaro, president of Assosport, is calling on the banks...
Luca Businaro, president of Assosport, is calling on the banks to support the Italian sporting goods sector as the latest figures from NPD indicate that the country's consumption of its products fell by 6 percent for apparel and 2 percent for footwear in the 12 months ended last March. Collectively, ...
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Foot Locker has received final approval from the German Cartel...
Foot Locker has received final approval from the German Cartel Office to complete its $94 million acquisition of Runners Point
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Bernard Tapie, the controversial French businessman who owned Adidas for...
Bernard Tapie, the controversial French businessman who owned Adidas for a while, has been placed under police surveillance while a Paris court is holding hearings on charges of organized fraud in relation to his company's sale of Adidas through a French state bank, Crédit Lyonnais, in the 1990s. Tapie, who ...
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Kjus has reached an amicable settlement with Tom Tailor, a...
Kjus has reached an amicable settlement with Tom Tailor, a German fashion company, which it accused of imitating the colors and the functional features of one of its down jackets, called Backflip. Tom Tailor has agreed to stop distributing the infringing jacket and to destroy the items sold through its ...
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The European Cyclists' Federation (ECF) and the International Sport and...
The European Cyclists' Federation (ECF) and the International Sport and Culture Association (ISCA) have announced that their partnership to promote the benefits of active lifestyle across Europe has been awarded a €1 million grant from the European Union budget. The grant is to be used for the upcoming Oct. 7-13 ...
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Peter Jørgensen, who runs a Danish distribution company, Sports Connection,...
Peter Jørgensen, who runs a Danish distribution company, Sports Connection, has been elected president of the Danish shoe industry association, which has changed its name from Danmarks Skoleverandør Forening to Skobranchen.dk. The association represents 40 suppliers, including Ecco. Sports Connection is currently the distributor of Skechers and other brands in ...
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The International Olympic Committee has shortened from eight to three...
The International Olympic Committee has shortened from eight to three the list of sports that are candidates for inclusion in the 2020 Olympic Games. It has retained wrestling, squash and baseball/softball, and one of them will be picked in September. The candidates that did not make it to the final ...
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Sergei Bubka has announced that he will stand to succeed...
Sergei Bubka has announced that he will stand to succeed Jacques Rogge as the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Bubka, 49, who won six pole vault world titles along with his Olympic gold, will be the youngest candidate in the running. He is a member of the IOC ...
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A federal judge in Louisville, Kentucky ordered Skechers to pay...
A federal judge in Louisville, Kentucky ordered Skechers to pay $40 million as a settlement for 70 class-action suits brought by some 520,000 U.S. consumers against the company, alleging misleading claims about the physical benefits of its toning shoes. The consumers who bought the shoes between Aug. 1, 2008 and ...
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Arena has decided to introduce a new generation of Powerski...
Arena has decided to introduce a new generation of Powerski Carbon-Pro swimsuits following a request last February by Fina, the international authority for water sports, to comply with its regulations for racing models used in its competitions. The Italian company says it launched a new series of quality control checks ...
