Author: Abdul Rahim
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Hisense Arena is hotting up – Day 2 review
MELBOURNE – Australia: Anna Meares is on track to defend her women’s sprint title at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships on Friday. But the Australian has a road block in rival Victoria Pendleton from Great Britain to overcome first in the semi-finals at Hisense Arena. Meares broke the world record for the flying…
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Media accreditation process launched for 62nd FIFA Congress
(Zurich-Switzerland) April 06, 2012: FIFA is pleased to announce that the application process for media accreditation for the 62nd FIFA Congress in Budapest, Hungary on 24 and 25 May 2012 is now open on the FIFA Media Channel (http://media.fifa.com). The deadline for accreditation applications is 30 April 2012. The FIFA Congress will take place at…
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NBP Open Juniors national Ranking Tennis Championship
Karachi-Pakistan, April 06, 2012: Jalaluddin Baber of Mirpurkhas created major upset of the tournament when he eliminated Marib Malik in a three set encounter of Boys under 14 Singles of NBP Open Juniors national ranking Tennis Championship here at Karachi club Karachi, Score in favor of MPK boy was 3-6, 6-1, 10-8 Results Friday Juniors…
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FIG Foundation Financial aid response
LAUSANNE (SUI), April 5, 2012: The FIG Foundation invited its 130 affiliated federations to apply for gymnast grants on January 23, 2012. Fourteen responded within deadline with twenty-seven requests. The opportunity was given to gymnasts in Olympic disciplines only; registered are 11 for Men’s Artistic, 9 for Women’s Artistic, 4 for Rhythmic and 3 for…
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ITF Statement: TENNIS AUSTRALIA TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO HOPMAN CUP
London-April 05, 2012: The ITF announced today that it has signed an agreement with Tennis Australia under which Tennis Australia will be contracted to provide certain services to Hopman Cup for the 2013 and 2014 events. This includes the provision of a Tournament Director, player procurement and the secondment of an Operations Director to Hopman…
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Top Five Places for Newly Crowned World Team Champions
Newly Crowned World Team, Unbeaten at the recently completed LIEBHERR World Team Championships in Dortmund, China’s 23 year old MA Long and 21 year old DING Ning, retain their places at the top of the respective Men’s and Women’s World Ranking lists. They appear in the no.1 positions on the listings issued by the International…
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Shanghai hosts Archery World Cup debut for the first time
Lausanne – April 05, 2012: The Chinese town of Shanghai will host the Archery World Cup stage 1 in a few days, from 10-15 April 2012. The participation is very high with close to 330 archers expected on the field. Shanghai will host the Archery World Cup for the fifth time since 2006. It is…
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Breakfast with Seb and Dima Coe, Chernyshenko Headline Newsmaker Breakfast Moscow
By Sheila, Atlanta-USA, April 05, 2012: The leaders of the next two Olympic Games–the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi–will be the guests of honor at the next Around the Rings Newsmaker Breakfast, presented by ISM Ltd. Sebastian Coe, chairman of London 2012, and Dmitry Chernyshenko, president and CEO…
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Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ 2014 in Normandy apoint Discipline Managers
Laussane-SUI, April 05, 2012: The Organising Committee of the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ 2014 in Normandy has announced the appointment of the managers who will be in charge of the eight competition disciplines at the FEI’s flagship event. The discipline managers who have been appointed are: Jumping: Frédéric Morand. Mr Morand is technical manager…
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Doha to Host the 12th FINA World Swimming Championships [25m] in 2014
By: John Zerafa: Doha, Qatar, April 4, 2012: FINA, together with the Qatar Olympic Committee and the Qatar Swimming Federation, has the pleasure to announce that following the decision of the FINA Bureau, the City of Doha (QAT) has been awarded the organisation of the 12th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m), in December 2014. “We…