Author: Abdul Rahim
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Two weeks to go to the start of 2012 Samsung Diamond League
Monaco – April 27, 2012: Two weeks from today at the Qatar Sports Club Stadium in Doha, Qatar on Friday 11 May, the opening meeting of the 2012 Samsung Diamond League takes place heralding the start of the third season of the sport’s top invitational circuit of meetings. In total the 14 meeting global series…
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Athletes Committee: Election, Procedure and Application Form
Lausanne – April 27, 2012: Athletes Committee, The World Archery Athletes Committee—which has been partially re-elected in Turin in July 2011 during the World Archery Championships—will conduct a re-election of their 6th member representing the Field Archery. This will take place in Val d’Isere where the World Archery Field Championships will be held from 14-19 August…
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FIBA holds Olympic Draw as part of Central Board in Rio
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (FIBA), April 27, 2012: Olympic Draw, FIBA convenes its first Central Board of 2012 this weekend and the meeting will culminate with the draw for the Olympic Basketball Tournaments. The attention will be on the 2012 London Games when the draw for the Olympic Basketball Tournaments for Men and Women takes place…
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IPC Shooting and IPC Powerlifting Announce London 2012 Bipartite Slots
Bonn-Germany: The international governing bodies of Paralympic Powerlifting and Shooting have announced the names of 51 athletes who have been allocated bipartite slots to participate in the London 2012 Paralympics Games. International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Powerlifting has confirmed that 40 athletes, two for each Powerlifting medal event at London 2012, have been allocated slots, whilst…
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Casablanca awaits start of African show
Lausanne, Switzerland, 27 April 2012 – The AIBA African Olympic Qualifying Event which begins in Casablanca, Morocco, on 28 April will bring together the cream of the crop of African boxers as they battle it out for the remaining 48 quota places available for the London 2012 Olympic Games. Two Algerians have already qualified to…
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Tokyo to host the Official Draw for the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Japan 2012
April 27, 2012: The Official Draw for the FIFA U-20 Womens World Cup Japan 2012 will take place at the Conrad Hotel in Tokyo on Monday, 4 June 2012 at 14.00. Tatjana Haenni, FIFA head of Women’s Competitions, and Junji Ogura, President of the JFA and chairman of the Local Organising Committee, will be in…
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FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup B Penza
Lausanne (SUI), FIG Office, April 27, 2012: Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup, A total of 26 Individual gymnasts and four rhythmic Groups representing 20 different countries are registered for this weekend’s FIG World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics Category B event in Penza (RUS). The Individual line-up at the Burtasy Palace of Sport includes Russian stars Evgenia Kanaeva,…
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Second GLT test phase details confirmed
Zurich-Switzerland, April 27, 2012 On 3 March 2012, the International Football Association Board (IFAB) approved two companies – Hawk-Eye and GoalRef – to take part in the second phase of Goal Line Technology (GLT) testing. Between 10 May 2012 and the beginning of June, EMPA (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology) will test…
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FIG Appeal Tribunal TAKING LEAVE
LAUSANNE (SUI), FIG Office, April 26, 2012: It is with regret that we inform you that Ms Sabrina Klaesberg (GER) has decided to step down from her position as Member of the FIG Appeal Tribunal, effective immediately. Ms Klaesberg has consistently performed her duties with diligence and competence. She was elected in 2000 at the…
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11th African Championships in Artistic Gymnastics, Tunis
Lausanne (SUI), April 26, 2012: African Artistic Gymnastics, From April 11 – 14, 2012, the El Minzah Sports Palace hosted the 11th African Championships in Men’s and Women’s Artistic Gymnastics in Tunis (TUN), where the federations of South Africa, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Namibia and Zimbabwe participated. Observing the championships, the President of the African Gymnastics…