Author: Abdul Rahim
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Christoph is the new Single Driving Champion
Companhia das Lezirias, Porto Alto (POR), Sept 16, 2012: Christoph Dieker (GER) has won the FEI World Single Driving Championships at Companhia das Lezirias, Portugal. Dieker came second in the dressage, stayed on silver after the marathon and only had one fault in the final obstacle driving competition. Bartolomiej Kwiatek (POL) was on gold before…
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ICC launches comprehensive World T20
Colombo – Sri Lanka, Sept 16, 2012: The ICC today unveiled the most comprehensive range of social media activations for a global cricket event ahead of the ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012 which begins on Tuesday 18 September in Hambantota. Using the official event Twitter hashtag, #wt20, fans will be encouraged through the global…
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Teams Clamour to Compete in World Juniors
Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia, Sept 16, 2012: Clamour, Entries for the prestigious Suhandinata Cup – the pinnacle of junior team badminton – have jumped from last year’s 22 nations to nearly match the record total of 2006. Following the launch of Badminton World Federation’s (BWF) World Junior Team Participation Grant last May, the Yonex BWF…
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Final results of 2012 ITF super Umag & Novigrad
Umag and Novigrad, Croatia, Sept 16, 2012: Please find below the final results from the 2012 ITF Super-Seniors World Team Championships in Umag and Novigrad, Croatia after the second and last day of finals, now including the Jack Crawford Cup (Men’s 70) and Queens’ Cup (Women’s 75) played today in Novigrad. 186 teams from 35…
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World Combat Games, Media Workshop
Saint-Petersburg – Russia, Sept 16, 2012: From October 18 to 26, 2013, the second edition of the World Combat Games will be organized by SportAccord and the Russian Union of Martial Art (RUMA), in the city of Saint-Petersburg. After the first edition, which was held in Beijing in 2010, Judo will be present again in…
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Kanwar Naveed Jameel as Chief Patron of HDJA
Hyderabad – Pakistan, September 15, 2012: Former District Nazim Hyderabad, Kanwar Naveed Jameel, accepted as Chief Patron and Qamar uddin Shaikh as Patron while in election, Muhammad Raees Arain, Arshad Ahmed Qazi and Hussain Bukhsh were elected as President and Secretary General and Treasurer respectively in the elections held on Saturday. According to a press…
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Kumar Sangakkara takes top honours at glittering
Colombo – Sri Lanka, Sept 15, 2012: Kumar Sangakkara was tonight presented the Sir Garfield Sobers trophy for ICC Cricketer of the Year at the prestigious LG ICC Awards, held at a glittering ceremony in Colombo. Sangakkara was also named in the ICC Test and ODI Teams of the Year that were announced last month…
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Dharmasena wins the David Shepherd Trophy
Colombo, Sept 15, 2011: Umpire Kumar Dharmasena has won the David Shepherd Trophy for first time after being named ICC Umpire of the Year at the LG ICC Awards in Colombo tonight. Dharmasena, 41, received the award following the voting by the 10 Test Full Member captains as well as the seven-man Emirates Elite Panel…
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Taylor wins Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Year
Colombo, Sept 15, 2012: West Indies Stafanie Taylor has been named the ICC Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Year at the LG ICC Awards in Colombo. During the voting period Taylor played in 13 ODIs for the West Indies scoring 514 runs at the top of the order at average of 46.72, while the off-spinner…
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Sarah wins Women’s T20I Cricketer of the Year
Colombo, Sept 15, 2012: England’s Sarah Taylor has been named ICC Women’s T20I Cricketer of the Year at the LG ICC Awards in Colombo. During the voting period Taylor played 10 Twenty20 Internationals for England scoring 340 runs at the top of the order at an average of 48.57, while the wicketkeeper also claimed 11…