Football sponsorship: Soccer's treasure chest Belfast Telegraph | As the Premier League clubs prepare for another season, Richard Gillis finds out how much this year's sponsors paid to put their names on a shirt Manchester United | Main sponsor: AIG (Insurance) | Cost per annum: £14.125m | Kit supplier: Nike | The AIG deal is worth £56.5m over four years, Nike p...
Federer rejects dubious distractions of village life The Independent | Some athletes are just so annoyingly famous that even their fellow stars cannot stop badgering them for autographs. Such a fate has befallen Roger Federer, and the fact that the world's No 1 tennis player cannot walk peacefully through the Games village means he will be staying in a hotel instead....
British cyclists start gold rush BBC News | Simon Richardson broke the C3/4 one-kilometre time-trial world record to win Britain's first gold medal of the 2008 Paralympics in Beijing. | The 41-year-old, making his Games bow, set a new best of one minute 14.936. | Tandem cyclists Aileen McGly...
Hargrove endorses Lewenza Canada Dot Com | Praising his preferred successor as a man with passion, energy and unparalleled commitment to the union, CAW president Buzz Hargrove passed the torch of leadership to Local 444 president Ken Lewenza. | "Kenny is the guy that will bring a rich histo...
CFL Previews - Week 11 (September 5-7) Canada Dot Com | Toronto, ON (Sports Network) - | CALGARY STAMPEDERS (5-4) at EDMONTON ESKIMOS (6-3) | DATE & TIME: Friday, September 5, 9 p.m. (et). | GAME NOTES: Thanks to quarterback Ricky Ray, Edmonton took the first game of the home-and-home Labor Day series w...
Bears pick up right where they left off Canada Dot Com | ADEN BOWMAN 28, ST. JOSEPH 14 | The Aden Bowman Bears continued where they left off last season. | The defending city and provincial 4A high school football champions -- undefeated through the regular season and playoffs a year ago -- kept their wi...
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U.S. hybrids rely on Asian batteries The Providence Journal | DETROIT - The future of the U.S. auto industry resembles a box of parts for hybrids, plug-in electrics and fuel cells, which promise to slash oil demand and provide jobs for anot...
New 7 Wonders of Nature: Why I voted for Choco Hills Journal Online By: Nixon A. Canlapan The country's nominees: The Chocolate Hills, Tubbataha Reefs, Mayon Volcano and Underground River. Photo below shows the author, Nixoni A. Canlapan with the w...
From desert to cultural oasis, complete with Louvre, Guggenheim and Ferrari The Guardian Massive rebranding exercise brings western art and style to attract wealthy foreigners | When it comes to cultural icons, few would mention Manchester City in the same breath as the Louvre. But to Abu Dhabi's royal family the football club is the lat...
Dr. Charles M. Norris, 93 Philadelphia Daily News | By Gayle Ronan Sims | Inquirer Staff Writer Charles M. Norris, 93, former head of the department of bronchoesophagology and laryngology and the Chevalier Jackson-Norris Clinic, both at Temple University Hospital, died of prostate cancer Aug. 21 at ...
Greig was great - but captain Pietersen can be even better The Guardian | There were grimaces of disapproval in all sorts of places when Kevin Pietersen was appointed captain of England. Donald McGill could have made an excellent postcard of an outraged MCC member. The earrings had already put some people off. Others pre...
Why you should go with your gut feeling New Scientist Most popular yesterday | Wind turbines make bat lungs explode | 'Formula Zero' kart race could drive fuel cell technology | And on that farm the cows face north - says Google | Death special: How does it feel to die? | Massive galaxy cluster to shed ...
Macau becomes a not so sure bet Asia Times | By Muhammad Cohen | HONG KONG - For the past five decades, a Macau casino concession has been licensed to print money. In the past few months, printing money has become less profitable and less satisfying. | This week's opening of Cirque du Soleil's new Zaia show at the Venetian Macao is a reminder that Macau has gone from a sure thing to a risky...
Britain leading London 2012 technology race The Times | All they lack is John Cleese playing the part of Q, but for their next trick - the one they intend to pull off in 2012 - the brains trust behind Great Britain's Olympic success intend to bring the following futuristic advancements: radar-tracking technology for archery and the javelin; a judo robot; personalised spikes for sprinters; and a miniat...
