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  • Twelve women’s teams fight for the last six tickets to London

    Twelve women’s teams fight for the last six tickets to London

    Basle-Switzerland, May 23, 2012: womens teams, Eight teams from Europe, two from Pan-America, one from Asia and one from Africa start their “mission Olympics” next weekend (25 to 27 May). The last six of in total 24 places for the 2012 London Olympic Games Handball Tournaments will be decided in France, Spain and Denmark from…

  • FEI Tribunal issues decisions in Saudi Controlled Medication cases

    FEI Tribunal issues decisions in Saudi Controlled Medication cases

    Lausanne (SUI), May 23, 2012: The FEI Tribunal has today issued its decisions in the cases of the two Saudi Arabian athletes, Khaled Abdulaziz Al Eid and Abdullah Waleed Sharbatly, whose horses tested positive for Controlled Medication substances. The Tribunal has imposed suspensions of eight months on both riders. The horses, Vanhoeve (Khaled Abdulaziz Al…

  • Budapest talks and CONCACAF congress

    Budapest talks and CONCACAF congress

    Budapest-Hungary, May 23, 2012: UEFA President Michel Platini has met with UEFA’s 53 associations in Budapest and attended the Congress of CONCACAF, where Jeffrey Webb became the confederation’s new president. Mr Platini chaired the meeting of all of the European federations in preparation for the 62nd FIFA Congress, which will take place in the Hungarian…

  • Top Names Head Seeding but Focus on Local Heroes

    Top Names Head Seeding but Focus on Local Heroes

    Lausanne-Switzerland, May 23, 2012: Local Heroes, The host nation’s MA Long and DING Ning, the two players whose names stand at the very top of current World rankings, are the top seeds respectively in the Men’s and Women’s Singles events at the GAC GROUP 2012 ITTF World Tour China Open, which starts in Shanghai on…

  • Green Marathon’s Participants Planted Thousands of Trees across Russia

    Green Marathon’s Participants Planted Thousands of Trees across Russia

    Sochi-Russia, May 23, 2012: Thousands of Russian people, including Sochi 2014 volunteers, have taken part in the “Green Marathon” campaign to complete an Olympic run and plant trees across the country. From east to west participants have planted nearly two thousand trees that will absorb more than 1,200 tons of carbon dioxide a year, supporting…

  • 2013 Meeting Calendar for Samsung Diamond League announced

    2013 Meeting Calendar for Samsung Diamond League announced

    Monaco – May 23, 2012: The International Association of Athletics Federations and the Diamond League AG are pleased to announce the 2013 Meeting Calendar for the Samsung Diamond League, the premier series of invitational track and field meetings in the world. The 2013 season will be composed of 14 meetings taking place from May to…

  • BNP Paribas World Team Cup wheelchair tennis event

    BNP Paribas World Team Cup wheelchair tennis event

    London, May 23, 2012: Please find below the latest results from the 2012 BNP Paribas World Team Cup taking place in Seoul, Korea on 21-27 May. Teams are competing in four categories: men, women, quad and junior. A total of 52 teams from 28 nations are taking part in the ITF’s flagship wheelchair tennis team…

  • ITF President Francesco Ricci Bitti elected ASOIF President

    ITF President Francesco Ricci Bitti elected ASOIF President

    London, May 23, 2012: ASOIF President, Francesco Ricci Bitti, President of the International Tennis Federation, was unanimously elected today as the President of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) at its General Assembly in Quebec City, Canada. Ricci Bitti will take over from Denis Oswald, President of the World Rowing Federation, on 1 January…

  • FIFA ExCo makes reform progress and Audit and Compliance Committee

    FIFA ExCo makes reform progress and Audit and Compliance Committee

    Zurich-Switzerland, May 23, 2012: Compliance, Chaired by FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter, the FIFA Executive Committee convened in Budapest ahead of the 62nd FIFA Congress to be held in Hungary’s capital on 24 and 25 May. Regarding the governance reform road map, the Executive Committee took another major step with the appointment of Mr Domenico…

  • Brazilian Moves to Top of Standings

    Brazilian Moves to Top of Standings

    Lausanne-Switzerland, May 22, 2012: Victory in the Junior Boys’ Singles event at the Slovak Junior Open in Senec on Sunday 20th May 2012, sees Brazil’s 18 year old Eric JOUTI climb to the top of the ITTF Junior Circuit Boys’ Standings. He progresses from tenth position and replaces Hong Kong’s CHIU Chung Hei, the man…

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