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Elkann's duties now are centered at the company's investment group, IFIL, which has broadened its holdings to include banking, retail and ownership of Turin's soccer team, Juventus. But the core of the business is still cars, and that is where Elkann's mettle will be tested. Fiat saw its share of the Italian auto market fall from 60% to 39% in the late 1990s, before striking a stock-swap deal with General Motors in 2000. Fiat needs to reaffirm the brand at home and expand abroad. That was perhaps Gianni Agnelli's greatest achievement--and could...
Sure, Mom will have to drive him to practice. But when FREDDY ADU, 14, starts playing with Major League Soccer's D.C. United next spring, he'll have no trouble getting respect. Adu, who may be the next Pele, played barefoot pickup games in Ghana as a toddler. When his family moved to the U.S. in 1997, the youngster's formidable talent wowed coaches. Now Adu has spurned deals with prestigious European clubs to stay close to his Maryland home. Will a charismatic young star be what the sport needs to build its U.S. fan base? "Give soccer 10 years...
...point totals are calculated based on how each House finished overall in each of the fall IM sports. Flag football, soccer, ultimate frisbee and A-League volleyball are considered “major sports,” and are worth more points than the “minor sports,” B-League volleyball, tennis and the River...
Guilty by Design? What happens when a respected brand falls in with the wrong crowd? In the case of British luxury-goods label Burberry, it gets shown the door. Recently, bands of soccer hooligans have adopted the firm's trademark beige plaid as an informal uniform. Some establishments assume anyone wearing the tartan has a checkered past...
...also marked the first game of the season in which the Crimson lineup was at full force, with Ruggiero and Chu returning from national team play in Sweden and senior winger Mina Pell and Johnston joining the team after the field hockey and soccer seasons, respectively...