Author: Abdul Rahim
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World Cup and Final Olympic Qualifications in Ogden
Lausanne – June 14, 2012: World Cup Stage 3: HRACHOV, Stage 3 of the World Cup will exceptionally be the last leg this year. World Archery has usually four qualifying stages to its World Cup Final, but this year as everybody knows there is another big event in the calendar: the Olympic Games. The fact…
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Invited Countries to take part in the London Games
IJF-News: Lausanne, June 13, 2012: Invited Countries, The list of the countries eligible for an invitation to participate in the London 2012 Olympic Games has officially been released. Please find hereafter the list of the countries and names of the athletes who will be receiving an invitation. 116 countries have already qualified for the London…
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FEI award winner trots against all odds
FEI Press Release: June 14, 2012: “The road to recovery from an Acquired Brain Injury is a lifetime of small steps. I am luckier than most as I have a horse to carry me on this journey.” So wrote Meg Wade in her acceptance speech for the FEI Against All Odds Award 2011, which she…
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Nine countries already qualified for the World Games
Lausanne, June 14, 2012: The World Games will be held in Cali, Colombia in 2013, for both the compound men and women. The recent African Championships, European Championships, and Panamerican Championships were used as Continental Qualifiers. The outdoor target archery competition of the 2013 World Games will feature only the compound division (field archery is…
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The OSIM BWF World Superseries stays savvy with Video Ringtones launch
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June 14, 2012: The OSIM BWF World Superseries is now available on SportOn, the world’s first Sports Video Ringtone Application, which is made possible by BWF, SportOn and Total Sports Asia. Fans can now re-live their favorite BWF World Superseries moments every time their phone rings by logging on to bwf.sporton.com to…
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Seminar on Football Activity at District-Province Level for KPK
Peshawar – Pakistan, June 14, 2012: Football Activity, Since 2004 Pakistan Football Federation (PFF), under the dynamic leadership of Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat, had been carrying out all football activities centrally based upon PFF Annual Calendar. Resultantly, PFF was able to carry out 30 times more activities in last 8 Years as compared to…
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ICC CEO Haroon Lorgat hands over Reliance ICC ODI Shield
Melbourne, 13 June 2012: ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat today presented Cricket Australia’s Chief Executive James Sutherland with the Reliance ICC ODI Shield at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in recognition of Australia being ranked the number one team in the World Cup format of 50-over cricket. Mr Sutherland also received the prize-money cheque of US$175,000…
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UEFA statement on Warsaw incidents
Lausanne-Switzerland, June 13, 2012: UEFA condemns the isolated incidents that occurred yesterday in Warsaw prior to and after the Poland-Russia match, when some groups of known troublemakers pelted the police with missiles and attacked fans irrespective of the team they were supporting. Those arrested and charged will have to be dealt with by the relevant…
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AFC has appointed Khurram Shahzad as FIFA Referee
Lahore, Pakistan, June 13, 2012: Pakistan is highly honoured as Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has appointed Khurram Shahzad as FIFA Referee to officiate the AFC U22 Championship 2013 Qualifiers-Group D from 16th June to 24th June 2012 being held at Kathmandu, Nepal. According to the press release issued here by Pakistan Football Federation (PFF), AFC…
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FIBA launches revolutionary digital platform 3×3
Geneva, Switzerland, June 13, 2012: (3×3 basketball) – FIBA on Wednesday launched www.3x3planet.com, the revolutionary community website and individual worldwide ranking system for players and tournament organisers. Once players have registered and created a personalised profile on 3x3planet.com, they can connect and communicate with other 3×3 users, find team mates and opponents, locate and sign…