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Elan Polo, an American footwear trading company that deals with...
Elan Polo, an American footwear trading company that deals with private label and licensed products, filed suit against Adidas the Missouri Eastern District Court in St. Louis on Nov. 18. The company is asking the court to rule that one of its cleated shoes, which has been sold in Walmart ...
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A new professional golf tour will make its debut in China...
A new professional golf tour will make its debut in China in 2014. Announced on Nov. 3, the PGA Tour China is based on a newly-established partnership between the China Golf Association, the PGA Tour and the China Olympic Sports Industry, an events promoter. Open qualifying tournaments are planned for the ...
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Sports Marketing Surveys (SMS) has entered into a partnership with...
Sports Marketing Surveys (SMS) has entered into a partnership with the Swedish Golf Federation to become the preferred research supplier for Swedish golf's governing body. The research company will look into the lifestyle and purchasing behavior of Swedish golfers to help the Swedish federation enhance the sport, in a country ...
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All the national winter sports federations have joined the International...
All the national winter sports federations have joined the International Ski Federation (FIS) in opposing plans to stage the 2022 Fifa World Cup in January or February because it could draw viewers away from the 2022 Winter Olympic Games. The venue of the 2022 Olympics has yet to be selected. ...
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Columbia Sportswear denies a report that it has prevailed in...
Columbia Sportswear denies a report that it has prevailed in a dispute against Fibretronic, a company in Hong Kong that it sued last Sept. 16 for damages of $9.4 million in the U.S. Distict Court of Oregon. The case is still pending. The company told the court in its complaint ...
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Easton-Bell Sports has agreed to take on a license for...
Easton-Bell Sports has agreed to take on a license for the Kevlar trademark that it uses in the packaging of some of the tires, locks and other bicycle products marketed under the Bell and Blackburn brands to settle a trademark infringement lawsuit brought by DuPont de Nemours & Co. in the ...
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A ban in Norway on perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) used in...
A ban in Norway on perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) used in sports clothing is set to be enforced on June 1, 2014. Recently, about 50 representatives from sporting goods suppliers met with members of the Norwegian Environmental Agency in Oslo to discuss a potential delay for the new regulation. The meeting, ...
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A new Golf World Alliance has been created to launch...
A new Golf World Alliance has been created to launch a global membership program. The founders are golf course owners and operators from seven countries. Members from any of the participating golf courses will be invited to upgrade to the Golf World Member program and will have access to the ...
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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 European Health & Fitness Association (EHFA), which represents the interests...
The European Health & Fitness Association (EHFA), which represents the interests of the health & fitness sector at the EU level in Brussels, and FIBO, international German-based trade show for health and fitness, have agreed on the development of a number of joint activities, which are set to take place from ...
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Suunto has recalled a batch of high-pressure rubber hoses used...
Suunto has recalled a batch of high-pressure rubber hoses used with its “air-integrated dive computers, dive computer combos and analog combos,” as the diving equipment manufacturer has identified defective hose material in the products that may affect the durability of the hose. The hoses in question, which will be on ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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, ...
