Author: Abdul Rahim

  • Away tests for African favourites….

    FIFA News: (African Football Media): After rising to the top in an eventful group stage, former champions Esperance of Tunisia and Nigeria’s Enyimba face tricky away dates in the first leg of the CAF Champions League semi-finals this weekend.

  • WKF working group for the new competition rules…

    WKF News: The WKF working group for the new Kumite competition rules met in Istanbul on 16th and 17th September in coincidence with the Premier League event that was also the last test event before the WKF Executive Committee will meet in Melaka (Malaysia) next 12th October to examine and approve this project. The WKF…

  • XIV Pacific Games Great Success for the Pacific Games…

    IJF News: We thank all the countries from the pacific region for having participated in the the judo competition (September 6-8, 2011) on the occasion of the XIV Pacific Games which were organized in Noumea, New Caledonia (France). The judo tournament, which was organized by the Ligue de Judo de Nouvelle Calédonie, was a great…

  • IJF’s Media Accreditation is Open

    IJF News: We are pleased to inform all the media and national federations that the IJF media accreditation platform is now open for all the events until the end of 2011. We remind you, that all media have to register through the IJF media accreditation platform to get an accreditation. We also remind you that…

  • Play-off draw for UEFA EURO football 2012.

    UEFA Media Release: The draw for the play-off matches for UEFA EURO Football 2012 will take place on Thursday 13 October 2011 at 13:00 CET at the Sheraton Hotel in Krakow, Poland.

  • THREE HUNDRED DAYS TO LONDON 2012

    FEI Press Release, Lausanne (SUI), 1 October 2011: THREE HUNDRED DAYS LONDON, Today, 1 October 2011, marks 300 days to go to the 2012 London Olympic Games where equestrian sport will celebrate its centenary on the Olympic Programme. So far, teams and individual riders from 18 nations have qualified to compete in the three Olympic equestrian…

  • Myanmar disciplinary sanctions confirmed…

    FIFA Media Release: The second leg match between Myanmar and Oman in the 2014 FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifiers on 28 July 2011 was brought to a sudden halt by the referee in the 45+2 minute, after local supporters repeatedly hurled objects on to the field. The score at the time of interruption stood at…

  • Guyana FA President Ethics Committee bans Guyana FA President.

    FIFA Media Release: The FIFA Ethics Committee, under the chairmanship of Claudio Sulser (Switzerland), has today decided to ban Guyana FA president Colin Klass from taking part in any football-related activity (administrative, sports or any other) for a period of 26 months and fined 5,000 CHF, after he was found to have breached various articles of…

  • Appeal Committee confirms Ethics Committee decision on Bin Hammam

    FIFA Media Release: The FIFA Appeal Committee confirms, under the chairmanship of Francisco Acosta (Ecuador), has confirmed today the decisions taken by the FIFA Ethics Committee on 23 July 2011 regarding the ban on FIFA Executive Committee member Mohammed bin Hammam for a breach of the FIFA Code of Ethics.

  • President FIVB Jizhong Wei declared “Guest of Honor”

    FIVB News: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, September 30, 2011- The President FIVB Jizhong Wei was declared “Guest of Honor” by the Municipality of Santo Domingo during a special ceremony held at the City Hall on Friday.