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22 • Touchline • Issue 15
BUNKERS, WATER HAZARDS AND…
..BULL SHARKS!
SHORTS
SPORTS
A WRAP-UP OF ISSUES IN SPORT
Nudgee golf club, north Brisbane, can boast one of the world’s
deadliest water hazards, after members captured video of a
deadly bull shark in the 11th hole dam.
Club president Dr Robert Sang was playing in a group of three
when he spotted the “1.2m to 1.5m” man-eater, which he
believes made its way onto the course during heavy rain.
But Nudgee was not the first golf club to claim a deadly water
hazard. Bull sharks have also been filmed at Carbrook golf
course, also in Queensland, prompting general manager Scott
Wagstaff to claim the course was “the only one in the world with
sharks”. Not any more it seems!
FIFA AND EPL CHOOSE GOAL LINE
The Premier League has signed a landmark agreement to
implement goal-line technology in matches from next season.
However, in a move likely to annoy Fifa, the league will snub
the world governing body’s recommendation to use German
company GoalControl, and instead chose British-based Hawk-
Eye as its provider.
Fifa had previously announced that it was planning to roll out
goal-line technology ahead of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, with
GoalControl beating off competition from three other providers
to win the lucrative contract.
Hawk-Eye has won out over their competitors for England’s
domestic competition, after all 20 clubs agreed to bring in goal-
line technology from next season.
US GOVERNMENT SUES LANCE
ARMSTRONG FOR SPONSOR MONEY
The US Justice Department laid out its case in a lawsuit against
Lance Armstrong in April, saying the cyclist violated his contract
with the U.S. Postal Service and was “unjustly enriched” while
cheating to win the Tour de France.
The Postal Service paid about US$40 million to be the title
sponsor of Armstrong’s teams for six of his seven Tour de France
victories. The filing in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. , says
the USPS paid Armstrong $17 million from 1998 through 2004.
The lawsuit also names former Armstrong team director Johan
Bruyneel and team management company Tailwind Sports as
defendants.
The government said it would seek triple damages assessed by
the jury.
Armstrong, who in January admitted using performance-
enhancing drugs after years of denials, has argued that the
Postal Service’s endorsement of his team earned the government
agency far more than it paid him.
The government must prove not only that the Postal Service was
defrauded, but that it was damaged somehow.
Previous studies done for the Postal Service concluded the
agency reaped at least $139 million in worldwide brand exposure
in four years — $35 million to $40 million for sponsoring the
Armstrong team in 2001; $38 million to $42 million in 2002;
$31 million in 2003; and $34.6 million in 2004.
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