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  • Djokovic gets Wimbledon under way

    Djokovic gets Wimbledon under way

    By Max Woodward, London, June 25, 2012: Today sees the start of The Championships, one which promises to be full of drama and excitement. As is customary at Wimbledon, the honour of the first match on Centre Court goes to last year’s Champion, Novak Djokovic, and the current world No. 1 gets his Wimbledon journey…

  • Bubka and Coe to be inducted into Hall of Fame

    Bubka and Coe to be inducted into Hall of Fame

    IAAF News – June 25, 2012: Monaco – Vice-Presidents of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Sergey Bubka (UKR) and Sebastian Coe (GBR) are the latest two legends to be named amongst the 24 inaugural Members of the IAAF Hall of Fame which has been created to mark the year of the IAAF Centenary.…

  • Final Olympic Individual Qualifications Ogden

    Final Olympic Individual Qualifications Ogden

    World Archery News, June 25, 2012: Ogden, On Friday, the last individual Olympic qualifications took place for the countries that didn’t have a place (per gender). There was 7 spots for the men available and 8 for the women. They were contested by 80 men (from 35 countries) and 50 women (from 25 countries). This…

  • Final Olympic Team Qualifications

    Final Olympic Team Qualifications

    June 25, 2012: Here are the last teams who qualified. On the men’s side India, Japan and Chinese Taipei. On the women’s side the USA, Mexico and Japan! Here is their way to London! On Friday, the last individual qualifications will take place. This Thursday afternoon was the very last chance to qualify a full…

  • Irina Deleanu affair Suspension Imposed

    Lausanne, June 25, 2012: On June 20, 2012, the FIG Disciplinary Commission announced its verdict on the complaint, dated March 18, 2012, by the Cyprus Gymnastics Federation against Mrs Irina Deleanu (ROU) following her remarks in an interview televised by the Romanian channel Antenna1 on January 24, 2012. In violation of Article 3 of the…

  • ICC World T20 trophies continue global tour

    ICC World T20 trophies continue global tour

    ICC Media Release, Trent Bridge, June 24, 2012: Stuart Broad, England’s Twenty20 captain, and West Indies captain Darren Sammy were at Trent Bridge on Sunday (24 June) ahead of the sides’ Twenty20 International getting up close to the ICC World Twenty20 trophies. Broad was part of the victorious England team that won the ICC World…

  • Reo WILDE made in history in World Cup

    Reo WILDE made in history in World Cup

    World Archery News, June 25, 2012: Reo WILDE (USA) made in history in Ogden. He not only won the three stages of the Archery World Cup 2012. He is on a 4-win streak counting the last leg in Shanghai in 2011. He is also the first archers to have won in the four cities that…

  • Young girl to represent Pakistan at Torch Relay

    Young girl to represent Pakistan at Torch Relay

    By Rashid Ali Siddiqui, (SJAS): Karachi – Pakistan, June 24, 2012 – Zainab Imran, a young girl from Karachi will represent Pakistan at the London Olympics 2012 Torch Relay to be held on June 28 at Nottingham. She left for London on Saturday. “It’s a matter of great pride and honor for me to represent Pakistan…

  • Russia `Rain’ Supreme on Wet of Athletics

    Russia `Rain’ Supreme on Wet of Athletics

    Stadskanaal – Netherlands, June 24, 2012: The rain may have fallen throughout the first day of competition at the 2012 IPC Athletics European Championships in Stadskanaal, the Netherlands, but it did not stop a number of athletes delivering some sensational performances in terrible conditions. A total of 22 gold medals were up for grabs on…

  • Paulini and Ping Pong Take Centre Stage at Gala

    Paulini and Ping Pong Take Centre Stage at Gala

    Lausanne, June 24, 2012: Singer, songwriter PAULINI, who delighted at the Qatar Peace and Sport Cup last November in Doha and earlier this year at the LIEBHERR World Team Championships in Dortmund, will perform “Ping Pong with My Heart” at SPiN New York on Wednesday 27th June 2012. At a specially organized Galactic Evening, the…

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