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  • RECORD BREAKING TICKET SALES FOR PARALYMPIC EQUESTRIAN AT LONDON 2012

    Lausanne (SUI), FEI Press Release  Dec 02, 2011: RECORD BREAKING TICKET SALES of Paralympic Equestrian tickets for the London 2012 Paralympic Games have broken records, with more than 40,000 tickets already sold. And there is a further opportunity for spectator numbers to increase with remaining tickets going on sale at 1pm GMT today (2 December).…

  • ITTF The Worlds Best Announced, Ma Long continues in top spot

    ITTF News: Ma Long continues in top spot, ITTF Worlds Best Announced Mens International Table Tennis Federation World Ranking 1 (<<) 2937     MA Long     CHN 2 (3) 2898     ZHANG Jike     CHN 3 (2) 2873     WANG Hao     CHN 4 (<<) 2702     BOLL Timo     GER 5 (8) 2661     XU Xin…

  • WOMEN IN PARALYMPIC SPORT NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 2011

    IPC Sport News Letter: PARALYMPIC SPORT NEWSLETTER, 10th JAPHAFGAMES 2011 in Yaoundé, Cameroon, in July The JAPHAF GAMES are organized on annual basis. JAPHAF means “Jeux de l’Avenir des Personnes Handicapées d’Afrique », in English: Future Games of Disabled People of Africa. JAPHAF was created in 1994 and has its headquarters in is Ouagadougou, Burkina…

  • FITA World Archery News Box

    FITA World Archery News of November 2011: FITA World Archery News Box, Development Department, KIM Soo-Nyung (KOR) has started internship project with the World Archery Development Department since Nov 01, 2011. This project could last up to two years and is supported by the Nest Foundation (Korea Foundation for the Next Generation Sports Talents) She will act as a…

  • Olympic Museum to offer free entry to all visitors

    International Olympic Committee, Press Release, Dec 01, 2011: To mark its closure pending a complete renovation and modernisation, The Olympic Museum will be offering free entry to all visitors until the end of January next year. As of today, tourists and Olympic fans will have the opportunity to visit The Olympic Museum, home to myriad…

  • The IOC Launches Latest Iteration of Global Promotional Campaign

    International Olympic Committee, Press Release Dec 01, 2011:  Global Promotional Campaign, The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today unveiled “Show Your Best”, an integrated communications campaign inviting people around the world to demonstrate their best. Entrants will be given the chance to be part of a global Olympic TV spot and to win a trip to…

  • FIFA Member Association Elite Referee Course is started today at PFF House Lahore

    Lahore-Pakistan, PFF Press Release Dec 01, 2011: Over the next seven days, 45 of Pakistan’s football referees, instructors and assessors will be involved in intense training at the PFF Football House Lahore, Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) with the association of world governing body for football, FIFA, hosts FIFA Member Association Elite Referee Course. According to…

  • IPC to Award Paralympic Order to Four Devoted Individuals

    IPC Press Release Dec 01, 2011: The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) will award Four Devoted Individuals with the Paralympic Order – the highest tribute a person connected with the Paralympic Movement may achieve. The recipients will be presented with the honour at the Paralympic Awards Gala in the Intercontinental Hotel ballroom on 10 December in…

  • IPC Athlete of the Month award and Canada’s Perrin Wants More Media Interest

    IPC Athlete of the Month award and Canada’s Perrin Wants More Media Interest

    IPC Press Releases Dec 01, 2011: Morgan Perrin, The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced its shortlist for November’s Athlete of the Month award. The public has until 23:59 (CET) on 6 December to vote for who they think had the best performance last month on the para-sport scene. Fans can vote on the IPC’s Facebook…

  • IWF PRESIDENT DR.TAMAS AJAN RECEIVED MEDVEDEV’S ORDER OF FRIENDSHIP AWARD

    IWF Press Release: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev presented on 22 November 2011 the highest state awards of the Republic of Russia at a ceremony held at his Presidential Residence in Gorki, outside Moscow, Russia. The Russian President gave the Order of Friendship award to the President of the International Weightlifting Federation IWF president Dr Tamas…

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