Sales at Sports Direct, Britain's biggest sporting goods retailer, were up 9 percent in its latest quarter, with the soccer World Cup providing a stimulus to trade despite England's woeful performance in the tournament.
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![]( "Sports Direct plans to oppose Blacks' fundraising")
Sports Direct plans to oppose Blacks' fundraisingBritish sportswear retailer Sports Direct plans to oppose a fundraising by outdoor goods chain Blacks Leisure, if it can resolve a dispute over the ownership of shares in Blacks and another rival retailer.
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![]( "Sports Direct asserts claim to Kaupthing assets")
Sports Direct asserts claim to Kaupthing assetsBritish sportswear retailer Sports Direct is ready to defend its claim to a 28.5 percent stake in outdoor goods firm Blacks Leisure, rejecting a counter claim by administrators of Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander.
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![]( "Sports Direct raises profit forecast")
Sports Direct raises profit forecastBritain's biggest sporting goods retailer, Sports Direct, raised its full-year profit forecast after a strong start to the year.
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![]( "Sports Direct faces competition probe on JJB buys")
Sports Direct faces competition probe on JJB buysSports Direct, Britain's biggest sporting goods retailer, faces an investigation by regulators into its purchase of 31 stores from rival JJB Sports after failing to find a buyer for five of the shops.
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![]( "JJB Sports first half sales fall, sees improvement in fourth quarter")
JJB Sports first half sales fall, sees improvement in fourth quarterStruggling British sportswear retailer JJB Sports said first-half like-for-like sales were in line with its expectations while sales and margins should improve in the fourth-quarter.
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![]( "Sports Direct axes dividend as profit falls")
Sports Direct axes dividend as profit fallsBritain's biggest sporting goods retailer Sports Direct International Plc posted a 9 percent fall in full-year core earnings and scrapped its final dividend as it seeks to reduce its debt burden.
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![]( "JJB board backs Jones over Ashley loan")
JJB board backs Jones over Ashley loanThe board of sportswear retailer JJB Sports has given its "unanimous support" to Executive Chairman David Jones over a 1.5 million pound loan he received from Mike Ashley, majority shareholder of arch rival Sports Dir...
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![]( "Sports Direct on track to meet profit hopes")
Sports Direct on track to meet profit hopesThe nation's biggest sporting goods retailer, Sports Direct International (SPD.L) forecast full-year earnings in line with market hopes as it reported a 12 percent increase in third-quarter sales, sending its shares 6...
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![]( "JJB Sports names new chairman, strategy head")
JJB Sports names new chairman, strategy headStruggling UK retailer JJB Sports (JJB.L) announced a management reshuffle, promoting retail veteran David Jones to executive chairman and recruiting a former head of department store Selfridges to oversee strategy.