Author: Abdul Rahim
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Men’s Olympic Qualification Tournaments: Schedule and accreditation
Tournaments Schedule, Six participants of the Men’s Olympic Handball Tournament in London (28 July – 12 August) are already known after the 2011 World Championship and the continental qualification tournaments. The six missing teams will be decided in three Olympic Qualification Tournaments, played from 6 to 8 April (Easter weekend). Spain, Sweden and Croatia are…
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IAAF Council accepts conclusions of independent investigation into voting breakdown at Daegu Congress
Monaco-March 12, 2012: Following the failure of the electronic voting system (EVS) during the 48th IAAF Congress in Daegu Congress, Korea, in 2011, Lauri Tarasti, former chairman of the IAAF Juridical Commission, was appointed by the IAAF President to conduct a thorough investigation. This investigation was supported by an independent technology expert, Alan Peabody, who travelled…
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Road to Rugby World Cup 2015 Starts in Mexico
The road to Rugby World Cup Mexico 2015 will kick off in Mexico City as the host nation takes on Jamaica in the very first qualifying match for the next edition of the Game’s pinnacle tournament. With still three and a half years to go before the top 20 teams in the world do battle to…
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Registration for FEI Sports Forum Closes on 16 March
Lausanne (SUI), March 12, 2012: Registration for the FEI Sports Forum 2012, which will take place in Lausanne (SUI) from 30 April to 2 May, will close this Friday, 16 March. We would like to remind the members of the media wishing to cover the event to register online using this link. No congress fee…
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ICC dismisses The Sunday Times report
Dubai, March 12, 2012: Sunday Times report, Following a report in The Sunday Times newspaper, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has dismissed the claim that it is investigating the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 semi-final between India and Pakistan. In a statement, the ICC Chief Executive Mr Haroon Lorgat said: “The story carried by the…
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Death of IOC honorary member Henry Adefope
IOC-March 12, 2012: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) was greatly saddened to learn of the death of former IOC honorary member from Nigeria Henry Edmund Olufemi Adefope on Sunday at the age of 84. Major General Adefope served as an IOC member from 1985 to 2006, after which he was made an IOC honorary member.…
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WTTC 2012 – Jörg Rosskopf Optimistic for German Success
By: ITTF-March 13, 2012: Jörg Rosskopf, At the LIEBHERR World Team Championships in Bremen in 2006 it was the bronze medal for Germany in the men’s event; four years later when the tournament returned to Europe it was the silver medal in Moscow. On both occasions Germany was beaten by China, on both occasions the result…
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ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier UAE 2012 gets under way on Tuesday
Dubai, March 12, 2012: ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, In one of the biggest tournaments in the history of ICC’s Development Programme, the 16 Associate and Affiliate Member (AM) sides will go head to head in the ICC World Twenty Qualifier UAE 2012 from Tuesday. At stake will be the two available places in the tournament proper…
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Fraser Watts receives one suspension point and an official reprimand for ICC Code of Conduct breaches & UAE captain Khurram Khan also a receives reprimand
Dubai, March 11, 2012: Scotland batsman Fraser Watts has received one suspension point and a reprimand for two breaches of the ICC Code of Conduct during his side’s four-wicket defeat to United Arab Emirates in the Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Championship (WCL) in Sharjah on Friday. Watts was charged with two offences, the first…
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Rio Sevens Sets the Scene for 2016 Olympic Games
2016 Olympic Games, With Rio de Janeiro set to be the focus of the Rugby Sevens world in 2016 when it stages the Olympic Games, local sports enthusiasts are being given an opportunity to experience a flavour of what awaits them in four years’ time as the CONSUR regional Sevens tournament takes place in the…