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IOC disqualifies American judoka Nicholas
London – GBR, August 06, 2012: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today announced that it has disqualified American judoka Nicholas Delpopolo from the men’s 73kg judo event of the Games of the XXX Olympiad in London. Immediately after his participation in the event on 30 July, Delpopolo, 23, provided a urine sample that tested positive…
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New Edition of The Paralympian Magazine
August 06, 2012: Paralympian, The London 2012 Games-time edition of The Parlaympian, the International Paralympic Committee’s (IPC) award-winning magazine, has now been published online and is available to view here: http://bit.ly/N8FTdH. The second edition of 2012 focuses on the build-up to the Paralympic Games, which are set to be a milestone in the Paralympic Movement…
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CAS rejects the request of Jean-Maxence
London, 6 August 06, 2012: The ad hoc Division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has rejected the application filed by the French Federation of Modern Pentathlon (FFPM) and of the French pentathlete Jean-Maxence Berrou who were challenging the application of the qualification criteria for the 2012 Olympic Games by the International Union…
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Pritchard shines at the London ExCeL Arena
London, Great Britain, August 06, 2012: Day nine of competition at the London 2012 Olympic Games and the evening session at the ExCeL Arena hosted the action once again with the Men’s Bantamweight (56kg) and Heavyweight (91kg) quarter-finals taking place before a capacity crowd. Cuban southpaw Lazaro Alvarez Estrada, the top seed in the Bantamweight…
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ICC U19 Cricket World Cup opens in Queensland
Brisbane, 6 August 2012: The ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2012 officially opened tonight in Brisbane with representatives from the 16 competing sides urged to “enjoy every moment’’ of the ninth edition of the event to be staged from 11 to 26 August in Queensland. The Welcome Function, hosted in the Century Room, over-looking the…
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Minxia wins 3m springboard gets sixth medal
London – GBR, August 05, 2012: If there was an image to retain from the final of the women’s 3m springboard, it would surely be the immense frustration of Tania Cagnotto (ITA), when after her fifth dive she saw a “3” next to her name. Minxia Wu, from China, had one last dive to perform…
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HK team enters the Semifinals beating Japan
London – GBR, August 05, 2012: Japan are through to Tuesdy’s final after beating Singapore 3-0 and will win at least a silver medal. Ai FUKUHARA (JPN) set Japan on their way in the first match, showing her strength close to the table by beating women’s singles bronze medallist FENG Tianwei (SIN) 3-1. Kasumi ISHIKAWA…
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Belarus pair claim historic mixed doubles
London – GBR, August 05, 2012: Please find below Sunday’s results for the 2012 Olympic Tennis Event held at the All England Club, Wimbledon from Saturday 28 July until Sunday 5 August. All the latest news from the Olympic Tennis Event, including live scores, can be found on the ITF’s official Olympic websites in English…
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Olympic Boxing: Women make history
London – Great Britain, August 05, 2012: make history, Olympic history was re-written today at the ExCeL Arena as women’s boxing made its long-awaited debut at the Games in a watershed moment for the sport. During the afternoon session of day nine of competition at the London 2012 Olympic Games, the world was introduced to…
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Big media and spectator interest in handball
London – GBR, August 05, 2012: The handball tournament at the London 2012 Olympic Games is a big success – this is proofed by facts and figures from the first six match days of the preliminary round. The Copper Box, where the handball matches will be played up to the women’s quarterfinals on 7 August,…
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