Archive for the 'Sport' Category

Football Dreams Stitched with Children’s Hands

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

Child labour and highly unfair labour conditions for adult stitchers in the football industry are still common practices, despite the fact that the contracts between FIFA and sporting goods companies promise the opposite. This was revealed by the Global March Against Child Labour in a presentation of three new reports on China, India and Pakistan.

Efforts [...]

Insuring against summer sporting disasters

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

Sporting fever has beset the country. With the dates of the World Cup, Wimbledon, the Formula One Grand Prix season, and the Cricket Open coinciding, it seems that this summer has become a boom time for sports fans.
The mass of high profile sporting events occurring all at the same time has meant that this summer [...]

J.T. Snow agreement on a $2 million contract with Boston Red Sox

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

The 37-year-old first baseman J.T. Snow must definitely pass a physical before the agreement on a $2 million one-year contract gets signed. The MLB player J.T. Snow who spent nine seasons with San Francisco the 268 hitter and known for his good defense played for the California Angels and New York Yankees in the major [...]