Group (with the brands Salomon, TaylorMade, Mavic and Bonfire). This acquisition creates one of the world's leading sporting goods groups with a portfolio of outstanding brands. The name of the new group will be changed to adidas-Salomon AG. The...

and various printed ephemera. The collection also features material relating to the role of the stadium for other sporting and music events. Key items include the crossbar from the 1996 World Cup final, a replica of the Jules Rimmet trophy, original...

transfer fee will be paid off by replica shirt sales in the Asian market, where Beckham is even more of a fashion and sporting icon than he is in Europe. Counterfeit shirt manufacturers were also quick off the mark. Shirts with Beckham's name and number...

and gifts that he won, collected and treasured throughout his long and extraordinary career. It will be sold in Bonhams' Sporting Memorabilia Sale in Chester on 2 November. In addition to the Adidas Golden Boot, which is estimated to fetch £1,000 –...

bidder for almost double the expected price at auctioneers Christie's. The anonymous buyer snapped up the unique piece of sporting history that Three Lions hero Cohen had swapped with his West German opponent Lothar Emmerich on the final whistle....

“Few institutions, sporting or otherwise, have been able to match the aura and mystique that FC Barcelona as a football club exude. Even if the team is doing badly, as it has done for long spells in its history, Barca has still always been symbolic...

which you would expect after time. The signatures are very clear and decipherable. This is a unique, one off piece of sporting memorabilia and an important part of the history of Cardiff City FC. A 'Real' piece of City history could be yours Aug 23 2006...

Ricky Tomlinson gets off the sofa and embarks on a fascinating quest to track down the most famous shirts in English sporting history. Four hundred million people watched spellbound on July 30th 1966 as, in the final moments of extra time, Geoff Hurst...

number of complaints of price-fixing and refusal to supply that these sectors had generated over many years. 3. The sporting goods campaign was opened with a press notice on 21 January 1997. Beginning on 4 February, a series of advertisements was placed...

fans as Cohen was a lifelong player for the club. Anyone in London can come and have a look at it, it's quite a rare sporting relic." He added: "There is something from every single World Cup here, going back to the first tournament in 1930." There has...