Tennis authorities to stamp out betting rackets as Wimbledon starts
Independent - A clampdown on corruption in professional tennis is to be announced on the opening day of Wimbledon, in the wake of revelations that match-fixing and illegal betting are rife. Investigations ordered by tennis authorities have shown that at least 45 matches played in recent years are under suspicion, as are a number of players, including some of the top international professionals.
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Importing Goals at Euro 2008
Spiegel - Europe is a continent shaped by migration. Nowhere can that be seen more clearly than on the football pitch. So far in this year’s tournament, almost 30 percent of the goals have been netted by foreign-born players. For the German team, the total is much higher.
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Public Viewing a Flop at Euro 2008
Spiegel - Organizers had thought that hundreds of thousands of fans would pack public viewing sites in Austria and Switzerland to watch the European football championships. It turns out they were wrong.
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Euro 2008 Kicks Economies Up a Notch
Spiegel - The economic impact of the three-week soccer championship is expected to exceed $2.15 billion for participating countries, including hosts Austria and Switzerland.
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Vienna Uneasy about Approaching European Championships
Spiegel - Vienna is much more comfortable in the world of theater and high art, coffee and cake. But next weekend, thousands of football fans will descend on the city for the Euro 2008 soccer championships. Not everyone is pleased.
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How a Proud Basque Team Is Resisting Globalization
Spiegel - Athletic Bilbao is Europe’s most exotic football club. For 80 years, the legendary club has managed to keep itself in Spain’s top division, fielding players recruited exclusively from the Basque region. But how long can the fiercely independent club continue to resist the trends of globalization?
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Grand Prix teams tell Mosley he is a disgrace
Guardian - Pressure was mounting on Max Mosley to quit as president of world motor racing’s governing body last night after four of the biggest car manufacturers criticised him following a newspaper exposé in which he was filmed in a sex session with five prostitutes.
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A Beijing boycott won’t work
Times - In the unseasonable cold of the spring of 1980, there was an impromptu meeting of oarsmen at the back of the Boat House in Hammersmith. We were there to debate the Amateur Rowing Association’s decision to boycott the Moscow Olympics in protest at the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. We were annoyed that, under pressure from Margaret Thatcher’s Government, it had adopted such a stance without consulting us. As a result of this gathering we got together with other athletes and a handful of us, including Seb Coe and Duncan Goodhew, worked to ensure that our voices were heard.
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