Sentence examples for soccer contract from inspiring English sources

In Britain, ITV Digital, a pay-television venture owned by Granada and Carlton Communications, could not pay a $450 million soccer contract.

The choice of GoalControl was surprising to many in the industry who expected that Hawk-Eye, the company most widely known for providing the instant replay technology used to judge disputed line calls in tennis, would be awarded the soccer contract.

Beckham's groundbreaking Major League Soccer contract expires next month, and even if he is not in the mood for career evaluation just yet, the midfielder realizes he cannot stop fans from speculating on his future, whether it is in Paris, London or back in Hollywood.

Modern Russia is as much a rumor mill as the rest of the world when it comes to journalists guessing at the figures on soccer contracts.

Murdoch said he expected losses to continue for 12 to 18 months after a merger but the combined platform would turn to profit as less-costly soccer contracts were negotiated.

The SEC probe centers on publicly-traded companies who have been involved in soccer contracts, such as athletic shoes and sportswear company Nike Inc, said the source, who asked not to be named because of the non-public nature of the investigation.

At 32, Henry left behind a European career that many believe would have continued to thrive, exchanging it for a place in Major League Soccer, a contract with the Red Bulls and, perhaps most of all, the ending he always craved.

Capello, speaking at a news conference, said that the 31-year-old Beckham, who confirmed Thursday that he would join the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer after his contract expires in June in a five-year, $250 million deal, was now out of his plans.

Beckham has helped the Galaxy reach the Western Conference final in Major League Soccer and his contract runs out after the season-ending MLS Cup final.

Unlike in Europe, where soccer players are contracted to a club, in the U.S. they are contracted to the league.

At 19, as an undergraduate soccer star, he contracted polio and needed leg braces and canes to move about.