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| Manchester City, the world's
wealthiest club thanks to the largesse of billionaire owner
Sheikh Mansour, will be looking to transform financial might
into silverware this season.
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NAIROBI (Reuters) - The success of the soccer World Cup in South Africa has inspired the continent to plan a serious bid for the world athletics championships, officials said on Monday.
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| Nigeria's richest man, billionaire
Aliko Dangote, on Monday denied media reports that he was
considering buying a 16 percent stake in English Premier League
soccer club Arsenal.
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| Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote is reportedly interested in buying the 16 percent stake in Arsenal being sold by Nina Bracewell-Smith. The Sunday Times newspaper says Dangote has registered his interest with finance house Blackstone. The paper did not cite a source for the story but says Bracewell-Smith wants as much as 160 million pounds ($231 million) for a stake that is worth 96 million... |
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| Nine candidates to host the World Cup in 2018 or 2022 brought big hitters including David Beckham, the crown prince of Qatar and billionaire benefactors to hand over their bid books to FIFA on Friday. "It is now the kick off," FIFA president Sepp Blatter told Australia's delegation, which led in alphabetical order. |
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| Hoffenheim coach Ralf Rangnick extended his contract by another year Thursday, tying him to the Bundesliga club until the summer of 2012. A new deal was reached after several days of talks with the club's chief backer, software billionaire Dietmar Hopp. Rangnick took over as coach in 2006 and guided the club from the third division to the top tier by assembling a strong squad thanks to... |
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| Hoffenheim coach Ralf Rangnick has extended his contract by another year, tying him to the Bundesliga club until the summer of 2012. A new deal was reached Thursday after several days of talks with the club's chief backer, software billionaire Dietmar Hopp. Rangnick took over as coach in 2006 and guided the club from the third division to the top tier by assembling a strong squad thanks to... |
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| London Marathon organizers have spent $230,940, mostly on private planes, to get competitors to the British capital for Sunday's race after plumes of volcanic ash led to unprecedented travel chaos. The bulk of bill was the $168,967 spent chartering a jet to bring in defending champion Sammy Wanjiru and others from Nairobi, Kenya. |
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| London Marathon organizers have spent 150,000 pounds ($230,940) -- mostly on private planes -- to get competitors to the British capital for Sunday's race after plumes of volcanic ash led to unprecedented air-travel chaos. The bulk of bill was the 110,000 pounds spent chartering a jet to bring in athletes including defending champion Sammy Wanjiru from Nairobi, Kenya. |
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LONDON (Reuters) - Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, owner of London soccer club Chelsea, won a public apology and substantial libel damages Thursday over false newspaper claims that he had a serious gambling problem.
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