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JSB South African investment company Royal Bafokeng Sports Holdings has acquired a 51 per cent stake in South African Premier Soccer League (PSL) team Silver Stars FC – first item on the agenda was to change the team’s name to the Platinum Stars. Second item on the agenda was, according to George Khunou, managing director of RBSH, to go into the transfer market and purchase ‘quality players to sweep the boards in the Premiership next season’.
Video reporting on a new study of the strength of interest in international football across China by Warwick Business School.
It shows that not only is the England team shirt the most popular football shirt across China, England is also by far Chinese football fans’ most favoured international team – beating Brazil, Argentina and Germany.
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In an interview with Information Age magazine, Ben Hatton, Manchester United’s director of business and development, explains why the club is investing in CRM software and what it hopes to achieve.
Fans of Lincoln City were praised by a judge who said they had helped save the football club as he discharged the administration order which had been imposed three months ago. Hundreds of thousands of pounds had been raised by fans by many methods including a seat-naming scheme. The club’s future now looks secure after a hearing at the High Court in Birmingham. It follows an agreement between shareholders and creditors which guaranteed the Sincil Bank club for the next two years.
Excerpt from Information Age magazine e-commerce case study – Sportsetail and The Football Association
With the approach of the World Cup 2002 Sportsetail decided it had to turn the UK Football Association’s official web site into a dynamic, easy-to-use shopping experience for England football fans.