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Ronaldo Headed To Madrid Manchester United accepted a world-record transfer offer for Cristiano Ronaldo from Real Madrid on Thursday, clearing the World Player of the Year to negotiate personal terms with the Spanish club.   |
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David Beckham and the Selling of European Football The transfer of Beckham from Manchester United to Real Madrid is part of a deliberate management strategy aimed at transforming football into a world-class marketing machine. The message is clear: "It is no longer enough to score goals," says one observer. "You also have to sell jerseys." |
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July 23, 2003
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Soccer's New Dream Team Zinedine Zidane, Luis Figo, Ronaldo, David Beckham. This quartet of footballers represents the most potent starting lineup to be assembled in any sport, at any time. When it soccer, this year's edition of Real Madrid is in a stratosphere of its own. |
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Why Man U? Why are so many people are obsessed with Manchester United? |
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David Beckham's Career Now that he no longer needs to waste time playing soccer, he can dedicate himself to his true vocation: global celebrity. |
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HBS Cases: Sir Alex Ferguson -- Managing Manchester United For almost three decades, Sir Alex Ferguson has developed the Manchester United soccer club into one of the most recognized sports brands in the world. The keys to Sir Alex's long-time success are discussed. |
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Soccer In 2012 The year's highlight should be the European Championship, team for team a considerably stronger competition than the World Cup. Spain hopes to become the first side to complete the treble of Euro, World Cup and then Euro, and judging strictly by personnel, it should do it. |
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July 31, 2013
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2013 Soccer The seven most powerful European clubs -- Manchester United, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain -- start the season with a new manager. |
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April 16, 2002
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A Bad Break If you think the U.S. media hyperventilates over sports, consider the reaction in the U.K. last week to the news that English soccer captain David Beckham may miss the upcoming World Cup finals -- which begin on May 31 -- after breaking a bone in his left foot... |
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Brands In Soccer A team's fans often exist locally; successful branding opens up worldwide markets. |
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May 16, 2013 |
David Beckham Retires David Beckham signed a five-month contract with Paris St-Germain for this season, which he announced today would be his last as a pro soccer player. |
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Soccer Bends It for Beckham Major League Soccer bends its rules to crank up Brand Beckham. |
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August 10, 2013
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David Moyes And Glasgow Soccer Glaswegian managers have dominated English club soccer. Why has the west of Scotland bred managers? And what does this tradition tell us about perhaps its final exponent, Moyes? |
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July 22, 2007
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Jordan vs. Beckham, the Debate Continues Beckham's exhibition debut (should it even happen) is both sports news and an ESPN promotional vehicle. Here's what readers have to say. |
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Man U's Problem: Not David Moyes An 18-point decline is horrible. Yet it can be largely accounted for by one simple fact: the absence through injury of United's striker, Robin van Persie. |
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Soccer Managers The American owners of Liverpool, United and Arsenal know that GMs make sense. They come from a country where GMs run sports clubs. These owners are successful businessmen who prefer their English teams to be run like mini-corporations rather than like nineteenth-century amateur clubs. |
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Charlie Parrish |
Alex Ferguson Replacement Sir Alex Ferguson is abdicating his throne after 26 years, two Champions League trophies, 13 Premier League titles, five FA Cup wins, three League Cups, a European Cup Winners' Cup, a European Super Cup and many more. |
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July 16, 2009
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The Blight of David Beckham Kudos to Landon Donovan for not backing off his statements and for creating an environment where David Beckham is going to know he won't be let off the hook by his teammates. |
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June 14, 2012
Jimmy Burns |
Spanish Soccer A cursory glance at Spain's current national team, who play Ireland in the Euro Cup today, tells us a thing or two about how much soccer -- and the men who play it -- have changed in the country. |
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July 19, 2004
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Can Football Be Saved? In Europe, football is more popular than ever -- but the losses keep mounting. What can be done to fix the business? |
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Charlie Parrish |
David Beckham Hairstyles As the former England captain announces his retirement, we pay tribute to the many, many, brave, bold, occasionally ludicrous but always brilliant hair styles of David Beckham. |
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November 26, 2007
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Bend It Like...Blanco Cuauhtemoc Blanco, like Beckham, has amped up pro soccer's star power. Plus, he's pulling in Latino fans. |
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Dave Golokhov |
David Beckham's MLS Team Since retiring from the sport, Beckham has been searching for the right place to land his MLS expansion team. According to some early reports, he's going to get a discounted rate of $25 million to start up the franchise in Miami. |
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Simon Kuper |
Journalism In Sports Let's start with the great built-in advantage of sports journalism over, say, business journalism, political journalism or science journalism. In sports, you can see the most important events with your own eyes. |
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David Beckham: Style Icon David Beckham is the ultimate metrosexual. |
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Rob Fox |
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Sports: Water Cooler Stories Bloody nose on the court... $80 million reasons to move to the Bay... Beckham blows out his knee... Manning to bomb on SNL... Dwyane Wade back for the playoffs... etc. |
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Microsoft's Biggest Opportunity Is Within Its Grasp It's time for Mr. Softy to toughen up. |
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Meet the metrosexual He's well dressed, narcissistic and bun-obsessed. But don't call him gay. |
