Adidas signs 10-year deal with MLS
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Major League Soccer signed a 10-year deal with Adidas, making the company its official athletic sponsor and licensed supplier. The announcement was made by Adidas managing director Erich Stamminger to company shareholders.
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German sports goods firm Adidas-Salomon sees a recovery with rising sales in its key U.S. market, it said on Tuesday, as it took on archrival Nike on its home turf by sponsoring the U.S. soccer league.
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Major League Soccer plans to start a reserve league for developmental players, part of its 10-year sponsorship deal with Adidas that is the latest battleground between the Germany-based sportswear manufacturer and its US rival Nike Inc.
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D.C. United has acquired 5-foot-4, 145-pound forward Franco Niell, 24, on a one-year loan from Argentinos Juniors, a first-division club in Buenos Aires.
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Moises Alou signed a one-year, $8.5 million contract with the New York Mets on Monday, the National League team announced.
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Another billionaire NFL owner is set to take over an English soccer club. Cleveland Browns' owner Randy Lerner put in a $118.8 million bid Monday to buy Aston Villa, one of the oldest clubs in English soccer. Last year, Tampa Bay Buccaneers owner Malcolm Glazer took over Manchester United, one of the world's most popular soccer teams.
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Ten British football clubs are featured in the latest list of the world's 20 richest football club's complied by Deloitte.
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SBC Communications SBC.N on Wednesday said it reached a 10-year, $400 million deal with Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O to provide next-generation television services.
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The Football Association (FA) has agreed to support the development of soccer in Asia with the signing of a four-year memorandum of understanding.
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Germany's national soccer team will continue to wear Adidas  kit after rejecting a higher sponsorship deal from sport goods rival Nike .
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German sports goods maker Adidas-Salomon launched a sportswear collection with designer Stella McCartney on Wednesday, expecting to boost sales by at least 10 million euros (&#36;12 million) next year.
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Soccer The face of Major League Soccer was grimacing in pain yesterday, not a pleasant sight for those who agreed to pony up millions of dollars for David Beckham to spend five years with the Los Angeles Galaxy beginning this summer. Beckham, 31, will have tests today to determine the extent of a possibly serious right knee injury he suffered ...
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Adidas, the German maker of sportswear and equipment, plans to launch the Internet site mercizidane.fr on Saturday to thank French football star Zinedine Zidane as he retires.
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Greg Maddux and the San Diego Padres neared agreement last night on a $10 million, one-year contract.
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Alameda, CA (Sports Network) - The Oakland Raiders and kicker Sebastian Janikowski finalized a five-year contract extension worth $10.5 million on Wednesday.
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Arsenal football club has announced the biggest club sponsorship deal in the history of English football. A Â£100m deal has been agreed between the club and Dubai-based Emirates Airline, which will see Arsenal
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German sporting goods maker Adidas is changing the format of its fast-growing global chain of Adidas Originals stores, focusing on customized design and interaction among shoppers to boost market share.