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Gunners fail to get their ducks in a row as Vietnam trip turns into PR disaster

Arsenal in Vietnam

By Mark Baber
August 14 – A campaign by fans of Arsenal football club to focus attention on the land grabbing and forest destroying activities of the club’s partner in South East Asia hit the UK’s main BBC news yesterday. The club’s recent tour of Vietnam, at which club officials including Arsenal’s executive director Keith Edleman, marketing director Angus Kinnear, and manager Arsene Wenger were pictured with HAGL’s Vietnamese tycoon owner Doan Nguyen Duc,

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Hull owner grabs Tigers by the tail, but upsets fan group

Hull City Tiger

By Mark Baber
August 12 – The announcement that Hull City AFC will be renamed Hull City Tigers has been met with some hostility from fans of the Yorkshire club, despite club owner Assem Allam touting the benefits of marketing the club as Hull City Tigers locally and Hull Tigers to national and international audiences.

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Hawk-Eye launch Premier League GLT but don’t intend to stop at the goalline

goal line tech

By Andrew Warshaw
August 9 – English football leaders have hailed the forthcoming introduction of goalline technology in the Premier League as one of the most crucial breakthroughs in the history of the laws of the game.

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United take first steps in Africa with branded afb credit card deal

ManUtd credit card

August 8 – Manchester United have clinched their 12th financial services agreement by securing a five-year deal with African firm afb which has created an official Manchester United credit card in Kenya.

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Russian PM criticises Aeroflot’s United deal on Twitter

dimitry rogozin

By Andrew Warshaw
August 2 – Russia’s deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozon (pictured) has issued a veiled attack on the decision by the country’s national airline Aeroflot to sponsor Manchester United rather than pour funds instead into domestic sport.

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United adds to its Asian roster, Old Trafford MUST stay as home ground

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By Mark Baber
August 1 – Manchester United and PepsiCo yesterday announced a multi-year regional sponsorship agreement in Asia-Pacific which will see PepsiCo will become the Official Soft Drinks Partner of Manchester United in Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos and Brunei.

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Cardiff appoint chairman who was at centre of ENRC financial scandal

Cardiff FC

By Matt Scott
July 30 – The Premier League club Cardiff City yesterday appointed as chairman a man who until recently led a company under investigation by the UK’s Serious Fraud Office [SFO] amid allegations of corruption and bribery.

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Frustrated Scudamore fires off sharp messages to English FA, and FIFA

Peter Scudamore

By Andrew Warshaw
July 29 – Three weeks before the start of the next English Premier League season, a new club-versus-country spat has broken out with Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore staunchly defending his organisation and insisting it is not to blame for successive failures of the England national team.

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Money conquers principle. Cisse takes the Wonga and plays on

Papiss Cisse

By Andrew Warshaw
July 26 – Senegalese striker Papiss Cisse has patched up his differences with Newcastle United and has now agreed to wear the club’s Wonga logo despite his religious beliefs.

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Manchester United to become a ‘football club’ again, Glazers in for long term

Manchester United - a football club

By Mark Baber
July 23 – Manchester United are looking to restore the words ‘Football Club’ to the club badge – a move which makes great business sense, as millions of fans will be looking to update their merchandise. But the stated motive behind the change is to emphasise Manchester United is a football club and “not a business”.

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Standard Chartered extend £20m shirt sponsorship with Liverpool

Liverpool and Standard Chartered

By Mark Baber
July 19 – Liverpool FC and Standard Chartered Bank today announced a two year extension to their main sponsor agreement, understood to be worth £20 million a year, to take it up to the end of the 2015/16 season.

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English slam growing calls for Winter World Cup as unworkable

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By Andrew Warshaw
July 19 – As expected, England’s Premier League has wasted no time criticising proposals to move the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to the winter, slamming the idea as “neither workable nor desirable”.

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Cisse in Newcastle stand off over refusal to wear Wonga logo

Papiss Cisse

By Mark Baber
July 18 – Striker Papiss Cisse is not participating in Newcastle United’s tour to Portugal, as the dispute between the player and his club escalates over the club’s insistence that he wear the logo of legal loan-sharks Wonga on his shirt, against his personal Muslim beliefs.

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Premier League wins landmark case banning streaming on First Row Sports

first row sports

By Mark Baber
July 17 – The Premier League, supported by UEFA and other sports organisations, secured a landmark judgment in the High Court on Tuesday requiring the six main UK-based Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to block access to live streaming site First Row Sports.

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Al Jazeera grabs Premier League TV rights for next 3-year cycle

TV cameraman

By Andrew Warshaw
July 16 – Al Jazeera’s increasing influence as a major player in televised sport has been underlined by the announcement that the Qatar-based broadcaster has bought exclusive rights to screen England’s Premier League in the Middle East and North Africa for three years starting with the coming season.