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FEI’s HSBC Rising Star Award 2011 winner
Lausanne – Switzerland, July 17, 2012: Thailand is one of the 10 nations represented only by individuals in Eventing. Ligon will compete on Butts Leon, an experienced four-star Hanoverian produced by German rider Andreas Dibowski. Butts Leon and Dibowski were on the German gold-winning medal team at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Nina Lamsam Ligon,…
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IAAF World Athletics Day Draw 2012
Monaco – The 2012 IAAF World Athletics Day Draw took place last night (16) during the IAAF Centenary Founding Members’ Dinner in the Fairmont Hotel, Monte-Carlo. Now in its 17th year the IAAF World Athletics Day is one of the busiest programmes of competitions in the annual global Athletics calendar with this year’s edition having…
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12th WUC Badminton Preparations on Track
Gwangju – Korea, July 16: WUC Badminton, Roger Johansson, FISU Technical Chair for Badminton, gave a positive thumbs-up to the 2012 Gwangju World University Badminton Championship preparations. Mr. Johansson recently visited Gwangju to check preparations for the upcoming 12th World University Badminton Championship, which will be held in the city this November. Following a meeting…
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FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Japan
Zurich – Switzerland, July 16, 2012: FIFA and the Japanese Football Association would like to remind media representatives wishing to cover the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Japan 2012 that the media accreditation process via the FIFA Media Channel will close at 23:59 CET on 20 July 2012. Media accreditation via the FIFA Media Channel…
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Evaldas Petrauskas, Lithuania’s secret weapon
Lausanne, Switzerland, 16 July 2012 – The rising power that is Lithuania has produced some fine boxers in recent times, with these having put in some same amazing performances in this last Olympic era. Two qualified for the London 2012 Olympic Games, Evaldas Petrauskas and Egidijus Kavaliauskas after both took part in the AIBA Road…
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WSF World Junior Team Championships
WSF World Junior Team, A dramatic fight-back in the quarter-finals of the Doha WSF Men’s World Junior Team Squash Championship at the Khalifa International Tennis & Squash Complex in the Qatar capital Doha sees India back in the top four of the biennial World Squash Federation event. The seedings suggested a close encounter against Asian…
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AFC provisionally suspends Bin Hammam
Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia: Suspends, On 15 July, 2012, AFC Executive Committee member and Japan Football Association Vice-President Kohzo Tashima reported, in accordance with Article 14.1 of the AFC Ethics Code, about possible violations of the AFC Statutes, AFC Disciplinary Code and AFC Code of Ethics allegedly committed by Mohamed Bin Hammam to the AFC…
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Cape Town/Helsinki calling! Gymnastics for All
Lausanne (SUI), July 16, 2012: Gymnasts from every corner of the FIG global family have now been sent their invitations to take part in the 2nd World Gym For Life Challenge and the 15th World Gymnaestrada, which are being staged in Cape Town (RSA) and Helsinki (FIN) respectively. In South Africa and Finland the organisers…
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ITF increases support of ICs and CTC
London, July 16, 2012: At its AGM in Copenhagen last week, the ITF signed memorandums of understanding with two of its recognized organizations, the Council of International Clubs, and Association of Centenary Tennis Clubs. The ITF will look to increase its support of both organizations on their worldwide development activities. The Council of International Clubs…
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Women’s qualification field set for A1 GS
Gstaad, Switzerland, July 16, 2012: Returning to Austria for one of the one of the singular most popular events held annually on the 2012 FIVB Beach Volleyball SWATCH World Tour which began its next round Monday in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee with two teams Germany and one from Brazil advancing from country quota playoff matches to…
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