Chile Football league sues Puma

Chile's National Professional Football Federation has filed suit against German sportswear and equipment maker Puma for "systematically violating" its contract, a newspaper reported.

The federation filed its complaint through the Santiago chamber of commerce saying Puma sent its uniforms for the World Cup late, after first mistakenly sending kits for Ghana's national squad, according to the El Mercurio daily.

Puma failed to do marketing and advertising studies it had agreed to, and delivered balls in such poor shape they had to be swapped out, the complaint reportedly alleges.

The federation wants to cut short the contract with Puma, which runs through July 31, 2015, the newspaper said.

Federation sources confirmed the essence of the report but declined to comment while the matter is in court.
Source : Sapa-AFP /gm