A cheerleader for NFL franchise Cincinnati Bengals has accused the team in a lawsuit of violating federal wage laws.

Alexa Brenneman says in the complaint that cheerleaders put in more than 300 hours attending mandatory practices and charity events and performing required volunteer work.

The lawsuit filed Tuesday says squad members are paid a flat rate of $90 a game for cheering at 10 games during the 2013 season. It also says the 24-year-old Brenneman was paid $2.85 an hour when the Ohio minimum wage in 2013 was $7.85.

The Cincinnati Enquirer reports that Brenneman seeks an end to the alleged violations along with unpaid wages, online attorney fees and court costs.

The Bengals said the team will address the lawsuit in due course.

This follows an Oakland Raiders cheerleader also having a dispute over pay.

British Cycling have announced today that Lincolnshire will host the 2015 British Cycling National Road Championships.

The British Cycling Road Commission recommended the county which was endorsed today by the board of British Cycling

The recommendation to award the championship to Lincolnshire was made by the British Cycling Road Commission and endorsed by the board of British Cycling at a meeting today in Manchester.

Speaking about the announcement today, ask Jonny Clay, order cycle sport and membership director at British Cycling, said:

“In recent years the national road championships have become an iconic event on the cycling calendar bringing together a cast made up of globally recognised sportsmen and women.

“Each place that hosts the event stands on the shoulders of those that have hosted before and takes on the responsibility for further building the reputation of our championship.

“With the status of the Lincoln Grand Prix already clearly established on the domestic cycling calendar, Lincolnshire has all the ingredients for a superb championship and we look forward to visiting in 2015.”

Event organiser Ian Emmerson said: “We are obviously delighted to hear that British Cycling has accepted our bid to organise the 2015 British Cycling National Road Race and Time Trial Championships.”

The World Baseball Softball Confederation have officially sanctioned the 2013 Baseball Challenge between Japan and Chinese Taipei, which will be hosted by the Chinese Taipei Baseball Association and played in Xinzhuang and Tianmu Stadiums in the capital. 

WBSC’s decision follows the International Baseball Federation’s past direction of overseeing and supporting national team competitions outside the traditional tournament format used for world championships.
The “Samurai Japan” and Chinese Taipei are the 1st and 2nd ranked national teams in Asia, while they rank 3rd and 4th in the world, respectively.

The international ‘Challenge’ will consist of three matches over three days, from 8-10 November, with each contest to be broadcast live during prime time hours in Japan, on TV Asahi and TBS, and nationally in Chinese Taipei.

WBSC officials have noted a significant increase of head-to-head contests outside of world championships, not only as part of the standard preparation regimen for multi-sport events and world championships, but also in the face of growing demands from athletes, national federations, broadcasters, fans and commercial partners.

“We are seeing competitions, like the 2013 Baseball Challenge, continue to grow in terms of their reach, fan interest and market value. We expect this trend to continue as international baseball and softball competitions become an increasingly attractive product, as world sport moves in this direction and as the athletes and fans deepen their identification with national teams,” said Riccardo Fraccari, WBSC Co-President.

“To ensure we are best positioned for this evolution and to further drive growth, we have already announced the introduction of another flagship event, the Premiere 12, which will be launched in Japan in 2015 and bring together twelve of the top national baseball teams in the world,” Fraccari underlined.

The Florida Panthers released an undisclosed number of employees, order three days into the National Hockey League’s lockout.

Michael Yormark, allergist president of Sunrise Sports & Entertainment—  the company that operates the Panthers— said that the reductions were “due primarily to the NHL work stoppage.”

The Panthers’ firings come one day after Ottawa Senators President Cyril Leeder said the team has made temporary staff cuts and had full-time employees go to a shortened work week.

“We thank all of those former staff members for their efforts, while SSE’s human resources department has volunteered to work with these former staff members to assist them in finding new employment,” Yormark said in a statement.

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After repeated protests by the IOA falling on deaf ears by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the Indian government has now stepped in by asking the body to drop Dow Chemicals as sponsor for this year’s London Games for the company’s link to the Bhopal Gas tragedy. 

The sports ministry has sent a “strongly-worded letter” to the IOC on Friday seeking Dow’s removal as an Olympic sponsor. 

The move comes after the IOC refused to entertain pleas by the IOA. 

The IOC said while it appreciated IOA’s concern for the victims of 1984 Bhopal Tragedy but Dow Chemicals had no ownership stakes in Union Carbide till 2000. 

The IOC had also said that its relationship with Dow Chemicals was well over 30 years and “we were aware of the Bhopal tragedy when discussing the partnership with Dow”. 

IOA had repeatedly expressed its opposition to the Dow Chemicals as one of the sponsors for the London Olympics because of its ownership of the infamous Union Carbide which was responsible for the worst industrial disaster in India. 

IOA had urged the IOC and London Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) to withdraw Dow as Games Sponsors. 

In a letter to IOA acting president Vijay Kumar Malhotra, IOC chief Jacques Roggehad said that “IOC recognises that the Bhopal tragedy in 1984 was horrific event for India and the world. The Olympic Movement sympathises with the grief of the victims’ families and regrets the ongoing suffering people face in the region.” 

“The IOC and LOCOG were aware of the Bhopal tragedy when discussing the partnership with Dow. Dow had no connection with the Bhopal tragedy. Dow did not have any ownership stake in Union Carbide until 16 years after the accident and 12 years after the $470 million compensation agreement was approved by the Indian Supreme Court,” he said.

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Major League Soccer (MLS) and Fox Soccer Friday have announced that they have reached an agreement of a one-year extension for the network’s national broadcast rights agreement.

Under the terms of the deal, ampoule Fox Soccer will broadcast up to 31 regular-season matches as well as three MLS Cup play-off matches, unhealthy including a conference final.

The package includes 15 games on Saturday nights and 14 on Friday nights with 20 of the 31 broadcast windows being exclusive to Fox Soccer, as are all three play-off games.

The network has been a national broadcast partner of MLS since 2003.