Murdoch withdraws from soccer sponsorship deal
NZPA-AAP London Rupert Murdoch has plunged English soccer authorities into confusion by withdrawing from a £4 million (JNZ10.72 million) sponsorship deal, only two weeks before the start of the hew season. The move to cancel the between MurdoJv recently-acquired “Tonewspaper arid the
game's governing body, the Football League, has drawn hostile reactions from soccer clubs and officials. But a spokesman for "Today” blamed the league for the split, saying it had not lived up to its side of their contract The paper began its sponsorship of England’s main soccer competition .fast season as part of the N&s U.K. company. y
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Press, 4 August 1987, Page 4
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