<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8847550</id><updated>2011-04-22T01:03:01.979+01:00</updated><title type='text'>BOSM Extra - Managing International Sports Businesses</title><subtitle type='html'>Supporting The Business of Sport Management [BOSM], edited by John Beech and Simon Chadwick, © 2004, Pearson Education. Content of this site is the responsibility of the editors, NOT Pearson Education. This blog is regularly updated, so please revisit often for the latest developments in Sport Management. In a small number of cases, links lead to websites that require registration. We only post stories that are on sites that make no charge for registration.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bosm21.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8847550/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bosm21.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>John Beech and Simon Chadwick</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>11</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8847550.post-112846308005363260</id><published>2005-10-04T22:56:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-10-16T20:29:33.936+01:00</updated><title type='text'>October 2005</title><content type='html'>Last updated 16 October 2005&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Adidas continues to view Asia as a &lt;a href="http://asia.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=businessNews&amp;storyID=2005-10-12T080830Z_01_MOL229289_RTRUKOC_0_US-RETAIL-ADIDAS.xml"&gt;major&lt;/a&gt; market.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;NFL attempts to attract &lt;a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/12757108.htm"&gt;more&lt;/a&gt; Mexican fans.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8847550-112846308005363260?l=bosm21.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bosm21.blogspot.com/feeds/112846308005363260/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8847550&amp;postID=112846308005363260' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8847550/posts/default/112846308005363260'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8847550/posts/default/112846308005363260'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bosm21.blogspot.com/2005/10/october-2005.html' title='October 2005&lt;br&gt;'/><author><name>John Beech and Simon Chadwick</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8847550.post-112612959790888937</id><published>2005-09-07T22:44:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-10-04T22:58:34.646+01:00</updated><title type='text'>September 2005</title><content type='html'>&lt;li&gt;China seeks to clamp down on sporting &lt;a href="http://www.canada.com/news/business/story.html?id=b870a1d8-3d84-4b30-b16b-bff6299cd97b"&gt;tax evaders&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;Benjani Mwaruwari agrees to &lt;a href="http://allafrica.com/stories/200509210019.html"&gt;finance&lt;/a&gt; Zimbabwean football’s French training camp.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;Celtic + Du Wei = Chinese &lt;a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2093-1764204,00.html"&gt;bonanza&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www-secure.businessweek.com/tms-subs-s/bin/auth.cgi?H3e4bebb93ed3dac5e5baf00fac6b6be1:url=http:Zb2fZb2fwww.businessweek.comZb2fpremiumZb2fcontentZb2f05_37Zb2fb3950116_mz029.htm&amp;ear=0&amp;ipr=0&amp;grp=1Zc6Zc51Zc52&amp;fmt=si32&amp;oip=195.92.168.173&amp;rc=iv&amp;kid=400001.192&amp;ss=env"&gt;Selling&lt;/a&gt; sport in China.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8847550-112612959790888937?l=bosm21.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bosm21.blogspot.com/feeds/112612959790888937/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8847550&amp;postID=112612959790888937' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8847550/posts/default/112612959790888937'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8847550/posts/default/112612959790888937'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bosm21.blogspot.com/2005/09/september-2005.html' title='September 2005&lt;br&gt;'/><author><name>John Beech and Simon Chadwick</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8847550.post-112464708246292733</id><published>2005-08-21T18:55:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-09-07T22:47:07.790+01:00</updated><title type='text'>August 2005</title><content type='html'>&lt;li&gt;Twenty 20 cricket set for international &lt;a href="http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/index?region=global&amp;news_item_id=158228"&gt;expansion&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;Are markets in the Far East falling out of love with European football? &lt;a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4723871.stm"&gt;1&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,27-1711538,00.html"&gt;2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;Manchester United and Real Madrid &lt;a href="http://www.theedgedaily.com/cms/content.jsp?id=com.tms.cms.article.Article_626e9467-cb73c03a-bdc9b300-6a7797e6"&gt;chose&lt;/a&gt; Malaysian Airlines as their official carrier.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8847550-112464708246292733?l=bosm21.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bosm21.blogspot.com/feeds/112464708246292733/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8847550&amp;postID=112464708246292733' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8847550/posts/default/112464708246292733'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8847550/posts/default/112464708246292733'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bosm21.blogspot.com/2005/08/august-2005.html' title='August 2005&lt;br&gt;'/><author><name>John Beech and Simon Chadwick</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8847550.post-112112015520722218</id><published>2005-07-11T23:13:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-10-04T22:59:05.670+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Jul05</title><content type='html'>&lt;li&gt;Can baseball become a &lt;a href="http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/07/17/european_league_finds_itself_a_border_crossing_baseball_hit/"&gt;European&lt;/a&gt; phenomenon?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;World’s biggest &lt;a href="http://www.pgatour.com/info/company/story/8638154"&gt;golf&lt;/a&gt; venue to be built in Dubai.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;Arsenal and China.com launch &lt;a href="http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/index?region=global&amp;news_item_id=157956"&gt;relationship&lt;/a&gt; as London club seeks eastern presence.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;Lebron James to get own &lt;a href="http://www.allamericanpatriots.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=11733"&gt;Asian&lt;/a&gt; tour.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8847550-112112015520722218?l=bosm21.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bosm21.blogspot.com/feeds/112112015520722218/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8847550&amp;postID=112112015520722218' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8847550/posts/default/112112015520722218'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8847550/posts/default/112112015520722218'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bosm21.blogspot.com/2005/07/jul05.html' title='Jul05'/><author><name>John Beech and Simon Chadwick</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8847550.post-111781706500806039</id><published>2005-06-03T17:43:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-09-07T22:47:33.273+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Jun05</title><content type='html'>&lt;li&gt;A &lt;a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/4630007.stm"&gt;profile&lt;/a&gt; of football in Africa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;Adidas makes &lt;a href="http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2005/06/23/business/index.php?news=business_17803237.html"&gt;move&lt;/a&gt; to become Asia’s number one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;Manu Ginobili – the &lt;a href="http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/sports/basketball/11877959.htm"&gt;future&lt;/a&gt; of the NBA?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;Melbourne Cup horse race &lt;a href="http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,15470422%255E2722,00.html"&gt;touts&lt;/a&gt; itself as good business for Europeans.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8847550-111781706500806039?l=bosm21.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bosm21.blogspot.com/feeds/111781706500806039/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8847550&amp;postID=111781706500806039' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8847550/posts/default/111781706500806039'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8847550/posts/default/111781706500806039'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bosm21.blogspot.com/2005/06/jun05.html' title='Jun05'/><author><name>John Beech and Simon Chadwick</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8847550.post-111506803276103998</id><published>2005-05-02T22:06:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-08-21T18:59:35.050+01:00</updated><title type='text'>May05</title><content type='html'>&lt;li&gt;Lotto Sport to work with Chinese &lt;a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-05/21/content_2982735.htm"&gt;partners&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;Adidas attempts to &lt;a href="http://www.fortune.com/fortune/ceo/articles/0,15114,1062234,00.html?promoid=moreover"&gt;expand&lt;/a&gt; global empire.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;Barcelona and Beijing &lt;a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4521573.stm"&gt;close&lt;/a&gt; to the Catalan’s first sponsorship deal?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;The USA: &lt;a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/industries/sports_business/general/2005/05/02/sanantonio_newscolumn1.html?f=et183"&gt;still&lt;/a&gt; to fall in love with soccer?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8847550-111506803276103998?l=bosm21.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bosm21.blogspot.com/feeds/111506803276103998/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8847550&amp;postID=111506803276103998' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8847550/posts/default/111506803276103998'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8847550/posts/default/111506803276103998'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bosm21.blogspot.com/2005/05/may05.html' title='May05'/><author><name>John Beech and Simon Chadwick</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8847550.post-111342379774957079</id><published>2005-04-13T21:22:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-07-11T23:18:01.880+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Apr05</title><content type='html'>&lt;li&gt;Yao Ming nominated for Communist Party &lt;a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4472289.stm"&gt;award&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;Reebok &lt;a href="http://www.indiadaily.com/editorial/2368.asp"&gt;booms&lt;/a&gt; in India.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;Champ Car racing series to &lt;a href="http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/index?region=global&amp;news_item_id=157212"&gt;stage&lt;/a&gt; Chinese race.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8847550-111342379774957079?l=bosm21.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bosm21.blogspot.com/feeds/111342379774957079/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8847550&amp;postID=111342379774957079' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8847550/posts/default/111342379774957079'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8847550/posts/default/111342379774957079'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bosm21.blogspot.com/2005/04/apr05.html' title='Apr05'/><author><name>John Beech and Simon Chadwick</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8847550.post-110988743649236698</id><published>2005-03-03T22:02:00.000Z</published><updated>2005-07-11T23:18:27.980+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Mar05</title><content type='html'>&lt;li&gt;Cricket's American dream &lt;a href="http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/03/22/sports/CRICKET.html"&gt;suffers&lt;/a&gt; a self-inflected wound.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;Reebok opens up retail outlet in &lt;a href="http://www.thedailystar.net/2005/03/15/d50315050755.htm"&gt;Bangladesh&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;The business of &lt;a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/front_page/4305789.stm"&gt;doing&lt;/a&gt; sport in China.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;Israeli &lt;a href="http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=890039&amp;fid=942"&gt;fashion chain&lt;/a&gt; set to enter China through collaboration with Nike.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;Narain Karthikeyan set to become &lt;a href="http://sport.guardian.co.uk/formulaone/story/0,10069,1429136,00.html"&gt;first ever&lt;/a&gt; Indian driver in Formula 1.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8847550-110988743649236698?l=bosm21.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bosm21.blogspot.com/feeds/110988743649236698/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8847550&amp;postID=110988743649236698' title='33 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8847550/posts/default/110988743649236698'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8847550/posts/default/110988743649236698'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bosm21.blogspot.com/2005/03/mar05.html' title='Mar05'/><author><name>John Beech and Simon Chadwick</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>33</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8847550.post-110773088510328680</id><published>2005-02-06T23:00:00.000Z</published><updated>2005-07-11T23:18:59.280+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Feb05</title><content type='html'>&lt;li&gt;Former cricket star Wasim Akram takes &lt;a href="http://www.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?id=68914&amp;n_date=20050224&amp;cat=Sports"&gt;Reebok&lt;/a&gt; to Pakistan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;Tanzanian football set to &lt;a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4265291.stm"&gt;collapse&lt;/a&gt; if English Premier League continues to exert influence.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;MLB in discussion to &lt;a href="http://www.newsjunkie.co.uk/newspage.asp?x177559447"&gt;instigate&lt;/a&gt; a world club championship.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;European golf keen to do &lt;a href="http://sport.guardian.co.uk/breakingnews/feedstory/0,14604,-4786541,00.html"&gt;more&lt;/a&gt; business in China.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;Is &lt;a href="http://sport.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,10488,1404903,00.html"&gt;K1&lt;/a&gt; the world’s next big sport?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8847550-110773088510328680?l=bosm21.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bosm21.blogspot.com/feeds/110773088510328680/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8847550&amp;postID=110773088510328680' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8847550/posts/default/110773088510328680'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8847550/posts/default/110773088510328680'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bosm21.blogspot.com/2005/02/feb05.html' title='Feb05'/><author><name>John Beech and Simon Chadwick</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8847550.post-110500979717591972</id><published>2005-01-06T11:08:00.000Z</published><updated>2005-07-11T23:19:24.303+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Jan05</title><content type='html'>&lt;li&gt;South Korean footballers – Cho and Cha – to &lt;a href="http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200501/200501310015.html"&gt;star&lt;/a&gt; in Adidas TV ads.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;Race for Chinese market share proves &lt;a href="http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/01/25/business/adidas.html"&gt;more difficult&lt;/a&gt; than sports brands imagined.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;The rise and fall and &lt;a href="http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,6903,1391320,00.html"&gt;rise&lt;/a&gt; of a global sportswear brand.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;Fila Korea makes &lt;a href="http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200501/17/200501172248279009900090509051.html"&gt;split&lt;/a&gt; from Fila Global.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;Patrick Viera signs &lt;a href="http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/index?region=global&amp;news_item_id=156555"&gt;deal&lt;/a&gt; to cash in on his global image rights.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;Football’s &lt;a href="http://news.ft.com/cms/s/43211ed4-60d6-11d9-af5a-00000e2511c8.html"&gt;push&lt;/a&gt; to bring in new overseas fans.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;South American kidnappings raise &lt;a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_football/4023087.stm"&gt;fears&lt;/a&gt; for safety of football players.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;Clyde Drexler becomes first NBA player to &lt;a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-01/09/content_2435595.htm"&gt;promote&lt;/a&gt; a Chinese brand.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;Adidas &lt;a href="http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2005/01/06/stories/2005010601270400.htm"&gt;adopts&lt;/a&gt; new distribution strategy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;Nigerian Football Association &lt;a href="http://allafrica.com/stories/200501060494.html"&gt;prepares&lt;/a&gt; for FIFA following government interference in domestic football.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nosweat.org.uk/article.php?sid=1142&amp;amp;mode=thread&amp;amp;order=0"&gt;Protestors&lt;/a&gt; call for Fila to be fair to Indonesian workers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;Nike &lt;a href="http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=19129"&gt;appeals&lt;/a&gt; after losing China copyright case.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;Adidas expects massive sales growth in &lt;a href="http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world_business/view/125403/1/.html"&gt;China&lt;/a&gt; following Olympic Games sponsorship deal.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8847550-110500979717591972?l=bosm21.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bosm21.blogspot.com/feeds/110500979717591972/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8847550&amp;postID=110500979717591972' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8847550/posts/default/110500979717591972'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8847550/posts/default/110500979717591972'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bosm21.blogspot.com/2005/01/jan05.html' title='Jan05'/><author><name>John Beech and Simon Chadwick</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8847550.post-109949359823215280</id><published>2004-12-03T14:52:00.000Z</published><updated>2005-07-11T23:20:22.716+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Dec04</title><content type='html'>&lt;li&gt;Kinnarps to sponsor international &lt;a href="http://www.ameinfo.com/news/Detailed/50741.html"&gt;polo&lt;/a&gt; event.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;After insulting Lebron James advert, Nike &lt;a href="http://www.teamindia.net/news/index.php?action=fullnews&amp;id=42698"&gt;apologises&lt;/a&gt; to Chinese.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;NFL spreads its wings to &lt;a href="http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1423336,00.html"&gt;Hamburg&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;After Singapore, another Nike advert is &lt;a href="http://www.newsday.com/business/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-china-nike-ad-ban,0,2271185.story?coll=sns-ap-business-headlines"&gt;banned&lt;/a&gt; in China.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;li&gt;Nike’s banned Chinese advertisement &lt;a href="http://www.forbes.com/home_asia/feeds/ap/2004/12/07/ap1697963.html"&gt;reveals&lt;/a&gt; something about the company’s strategy.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8847550-109949359823215280?l=bosm21.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bosm21.blogspot.com/feeds/109949359823215280/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8847550&amp;postID=109949359823215280' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8847550/posts/default/109949359823215280'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8847550/posts/default/109949359823215280'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bosm21.blogspot.com/2004/12/dec04.html' title='Dec04'/><author><name>John Beech and Simon Chadwick</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
