Euro 2012: UEFA fines Croatia for racism
June 20th, 2012 - 12:21 am ICT by IANS
Gdansk (Poland), June 19 (IANS/RIA Novosti) UEFA has fined the Croatian football federation 80,000 euros for racism and using flares during their 1-1 draw with Italy, UEFA said Tuesday.Croatian fans ... Read more...
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Denmark’s Bendtner fined and banned for ambush marketing
June 19th, 2012 - 1:58 am ICT by IANS
Lviv (Ukraine), June 19 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Sunderland and Denmark striker Nicklas Bendtner has been fined 100,000 euros and banned for one international match for displaying the name of a betting ... Read more...
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Nicklas Bendtner told to change underpants for game against Germany
June 15th, 2012 - 8:15 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Berlin, June 15 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Nicklas Bendtner has been told he will be not be able to continue playing in the sponsored underwear that he revealed after he scored against Portugal on ... Read more...
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Venezuelans miss practice as kits are misplaced
September 1st, 2011 - 12:06 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 31 (IANS) The Venezuelan team had to do without match practice as their jerseys and the kits got misplaced in transit at the Madrid airport.India's national football club ... Read more...
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Dhoni warned by ICC for ambush marketing
February 15th, 2011 - 9:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has apparently been warned by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for breaching its ambush marketing clause for the World Cup that ... Read more...
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Indian players talk to cricket board over ambush marketing
February 4th, 2011 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 4 (IANS) Ambush marketing again surfaced ahead of a World Cup as a concerned bunch of Indian players, including Sachin Tendulkar, spoke to the cricket board on the contentious ... Read more...
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FIFA WC: Arrested Dutch women traumatised
June 18th, 2010 - 3:10 pm ICT by ANI
Johannesburg, June 18 (ANI): The two Dutch women arrested in the orange dress ambush-marketing saga were "very traumatised" by the experience, their lawyer said on Thursday."They were very traumatised; they were treated ... Read more...
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Organisers of ambush marketing gimmick charged by FIFA
June 17th, 2010 - 6:31 pm ICT by IANS
Johannesburg, June 17 (DPA) FIFA has pressed charges against organisers of an ambush marketing effort during a World Cup match between the Netherlands and Denmark in Johannesburg Monday.
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FIFA World Cup: Police arrest women in mini Dutch orange dresses
June 16th, 2010 - 6:42 pm ICT by ANI
Johannesburg, June 16 (ANI): Thirty six women attending a FIFA World Cup match dressed in Dutch orange mini-dresses were detained by South African police over claims that they were advertising for an ... Read more...
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FIFA files charges against Bavaria for World Cup marketing stunt, will not charge ‘Bavaria babes’
June 16th, 2010 - 5:33 pm ICT by BNO News
JOHANNESBURG (BNO NEWS) -- FIFA on Wednesday said it has filed charges against the organizers of a marketing stunt during Monday's World Cup match between the Netherlands and Denmark.
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Women in Bavaria orange asked to leave by FIFA
June 15th, 2010 - 4:09 pm ICT by IANS
Johannesburg, June 15 (DPA) A group of 36 Dutch women were turned away from the Netherlands-Denmark game in Johannesburg's Soccer City for wearing orange "Dutchy dresses" supplied by a Dutch beer company, ... Read more...
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