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Bolt to return to Rome Samsung Diamond League
Monaco, Mar 19, 2013: Jamaica’s Usain Bolt, the back-to-back Olympic champion in the 100m, 200m, and 4x100m, will compete for the third time in a row at Rome’s Golden Gala, the fifth leg of the Samsung Diamond League, on 6 June 2013. To date, Bolt has left two impressive marks on Rome’s Olympic Stadium track…
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Hong Kong sets new HSBC Sevens World Series broadcast record
Dublin – Ireland, Mar 19, 2013: This weekend round 6 of the HSBC Sevens World Series in Hong Kong will break broadcast records for an individual Rugby Sevens event. The International Rugby Board has announced that the Cathay Pacific / HSBC Hong Kong Sevens will be aired live by 23 broadcasters in 144 countries, a…
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Star Names on Show in China at World Team Classic
Lausanne, Mar 19, 2013: The world’s best Table Tennis players have confirmed their attendance at the USD 268,000 ITTF World Team Classic to be held on 28-31 March 2013 in Guangzhou, China. The World Team Classic is comprised of 12 teams, which include the 6 continental champion teams plus the best 6 world ranked teams.…
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ICAO and UNWTO Affirm Cooperation
Montreal, Canada/ Madrid, Spain, Mar 18, 2013: The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and UNWTO signed a special Joint Statement on Aviation and Tourism today, acknowledging the intention of the two UN agencies to begin cooperating more closely on issues of common priority. The Joint Statement was signed by ICAO Secretary General, Raymond Benjamin, and…
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First Save the Dream Award presented
Doha – Qatar, Mar 18, 2013: The Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) and International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS) have today presented the first Save the Dream Award. The new Save the Dream logo was also unveiled at a Gala Dinner on the first day of Securing Sport 2013. Save the Dream, a joint international initiative…
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Pantheon-Sorbonne University Trophy
Doha – Qatar, Mar 18, 2013: The International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS) and the Paris 1 University Pantheon-Sorbonne have announced the Badminton World Federation as the beneficiary of the ICSS-Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne University Trophy. The ICSS-Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne University Trophy for ‘outstanding achievement in promoting sport integrity’ was presented to Thomas Lund, Secretary General…
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ICSS and Qatar Football Association sign MOU
Doha – Qatar, 18th March 2013: The International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS) and the Qatar Football Association (QFA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the opening day of Securing Sport 2013. The MOU sets outs the commitment of both the ICSS and the QFA to support the advancement of capabilities around major…
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Securing Sport 2013 opens in Doha
Doha, Qatar; 18 March 2013: Securing Sport 2013, the leading international sport security and integrity conference hosted by the ICSS, opened today in Doha with over 400 international delegates. Experts and stakeholders came together to share knowledge and best practice in sport, safety, security and integrity under the theme of “Advancing the security and integrity…
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FIG Acrobatic Gymnastics World Cup B
Maia – Portugal, Mar 18, 2013: Belgium, Great Britain, Belarus and hosts Portugal each won one event at the first FIG Acrobatic Gymnastics World Cup of the year in Maia (POR) last weekend. While Valentina Kim and Elizaveta Dubrovina of Russia topped qualification in the Women’s Pairs, they fell back into fourth place in the…
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World # 1 Snooker Champion Mohammad Asif
Karachi – Pakistan, Mar 18, 2013: Dear Readers, please find below an exclusive interview of World # 1 Snooker Champion, Mohammad Asif. This interview has been taken on 18th-March-2013 at Karachi Gymkhana during National Snooker Championship 2013. Mohammad: Assalom-o-Alaikum. How are you sir? Asif: Walikumas Salam. I am fine Shukar Al Hamdollillah. Mohammad: First of…
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