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Most back to work after China shoe factory strike A nearly two-week strike at a huge shoe factory in southern China appears to have ended after the Taiwan-backed company agreed to meet some of the workers' demands, including raising their living allowance and benefit payments.

27 April 2014

Thousands of workers strike at China shoe factory Tens of thousands of workers were on strike Wednesday at a factory in southern China which makes shoes for Nike and Adidas, rights groups and a worker said.

16 April 2014

Football: Nike overtake Adidas in World Cup teams battle Nike will supply the kit for more teams than Adidas for the first time ever at this year's World Cup finals.

07 March 2014

'Sexist' Cup shirts withdrawn after Brazil complaint Brazil forced the withdrawal of a line of World Cup shirts bearing suggestive motifs seen as harming the country's image.

26 February 2014