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FIFA adviser resigns in dispute over 'neutered' reform proposals
FIFA anti-corruption adviser Alexandra Wrage has quit her role because of a perceived lack of progress from the governing body of world football in improving its internal...
Apr 25, 2013
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ASGA highlights dangers of parallel importing
The Australian Sporting Goods Association (ASGA) believes Australian laws around trademark protection and parallel importing need to be fixed. Australian Sporting Goods...
Apr 22, 2013
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Australian Olympic swimmers fined for misconduct
Members of Australia's Olympic swimming team have been fined and issued deferred suspensions for taking banned medication and misbehaviour. Swimming Australia said the six male...
Apr 21, 2013
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Are sports clubs needlessly putting professional athletes at risk?
Exercise & Sports Science Australia (ESSA) is questioning whether elite sport clubs are threatening the health of athletes through the use of non-accredited sports scientists....
Apr 19, 2013
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NRL to launch player 'passport' program
The NRL is expected to start its biological passport program within a month, as part of its response to the doping controversy hanging over the game. Up to 70 players, including...
Apr 8, 2013
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Seminar to explain conflicts and resolutions in New Zealand's $20 billion franchise sector
Following the recent high profile franchising dispute between Auckland fitness clubs Club Physical and Jolt Fitness, the Franchise Association of New Zealand (FANZ) and the...
Apr 7, 2013
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Sports Licensing Show 2013 to bring together major Australian sporting properties
With retail sales of licensed merchandise based on sports properties worth in excess of $300 million each year in Australia and New Zealand, a new industry event, the Sports...
Apr 6, 2013
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Elite netballers demand 100% pay rise
Australia's world champion netballers are preparing to take industrial action over a pay dispute with Netball Australia. Australian Netball Players Association (ANPA) is to meet...
Apr 5, 2013
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Club Physical brand returns at three Auckland fitness clubs
The legal battle between Auckland gym brands Club Physical and Jolt Fitness is over with Club Physical set to reopen clubs in the suburbs of Botany, Three Kings and Westgate at...
Mar 30, 2013
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ASADA to interview 31 NRL players
The NRL has announced that representatives of the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) will start interviewing 31 players this week as part of their investigation...
Mar 25, 2013
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New Zealand fitness organisations keen to work with councils to improve Personal Trainers' access to
With outdoor group and personal trainers in parks growing in popularity in New Zealand, fitness industry organisations Fitness New Zealand and the New Zealand Register of...
Mar 24, 2013
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Government ignores 'ticking time-bomb' as Sports Science industry continues unregulated
An unregulated Sports Science industry is contributing to an environment where sports scientists operated with unprecedented powers, resulting in a ticking time-bomb that...
Mar 15, 2013
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Tributes paid to retiring WA Department of Environment and Conservation Director General
Western Australian Premier Colin Barnett and Environment Minister Bill Marmion have paid tribute to retiring Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) Director General,...
Mar 14, 2013
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NRL calls for more Federal Government support in doping investigations
The NRL has called for Federal Government support for its investigations into doping within the sport while offering its own funding to help speed up the Australian Sports...
Mar 13, 2013
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Australian Olympic Committee launches swimming inquiry
Leading Sydney barrister Bret Walker SC has begun the Australian Olympic Committee's (AOC) investigation into drug use within the Australian swimming team during the London 2012...
Mar 13, 2013
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Jolt Fitness succeeds in Court application to continue trading
The directors of the breakaway Auckland fitness franchise that rebranded their clubs as Jolt Fitness at the beginning of February have been successful in their application to...
Mar 9, 2013
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Jolt Fitness clubs stay open in Auckland
Seemingly unbowed by an order to cease trading by the New Zealand High Court, newly established fitness club group Jolt Fitness is today continuing to operate its three Auckland...
Mar 8, 2013
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Court order stalls breakaway gym franchise
A fitness club franchisee who cancelled his franchise agreements and rebranded three Auckland gyms without warning has been told to stop operating with immediate effect by the...
Mar 7, 2013
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Tinkler resolves Hunter Sports Group tax and management issues
With the NRL season about to kick off, mining magnate Nathan Tinkler has resolved a series of tax issues relating to his Hunter Sports Group's and its ownership of the Newcastle...
Mar 7, 2013
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New match-fixing laws aim to protect integrity of Victorian sport
The Victorian Government is to introduce tough new match fixing legislation to the Victorian Parliament this week in order to protect the integrity of the State's multi-billion...
Mar 6, 2013
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AFC forms task force against Asian match-fixing
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has announced the establishment of a task force to help combat match-fixing Asian football. The announcement follows a recent AFC...
Mar 5, 2013
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Man falls to his death at Auckland high ropes course
New Zealand Police say a 57-year-old man fell to his death on a rope course at Tree Adventures in Woodhill, Auckland. The victim is understood to have fallen while he was while...
Mar 5, 2013
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Auckland gym court case has global implications for franchising
The dispute between Auckland fitness franchise Club Physical and former franchisee Jolt Fitness has "global implications" for the franchising industry according to Franchise...
Feb 28, 2013
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Members get physical about broken franchising agreement
In advance of a legal battle in the New Zealand High Court over the rebranding of three Club Physical gyms, Club Physical members have mounted a protest over the club owner's...
Feb 25, 2013
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