Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Pride of Pakistan Aleem Dar…
ICC Umpire Of The Year for the David Shepherd Trophy-Aleem Dar of Pakistan. Aleem Dar Brief Introduction. Full name: Aleem Sarwar Dar Born: 6 June 1968 (age 43) Jhang, Punjab, Pakistan.
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Singelton says he is to Pistorius…
USA’s Jerome Singleton says he is to Pistorius what Joe Frazier was to Mohammed Ali… (IPC Press Release). The USA’s world champion track athlete Jerome Singleton is promising to put on an exciting show at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
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Judo for peace in South Africa..
IJF Press Release: Johannes van der Horst has been a judo coach for more than 15 years and has been practicing judo since 1974. Yet, despite the years and the constraints, he still has the fire and the desire to convey a message through his judo teaching. Three times a week, he takes care of his…
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FEI European Jumping C’ships.
HISTORIC FIRST AS SWEDEN’S Rolf Goran Bengtsson AND NINJA SWEEP INDIVIDUAL GOLD, By Louise Parkes Sweden’s Rolf-Goran Bengtsson and the brilliant little Ninja la Silla added European gold to their 2008 Olympic silver medal when sweeping to victory in the closing stages of the individual title-decider at the FEI European Jumping Championships in Madrid, Spain…
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Sport for All 2011, Beijing.
Introduction, The World Conference on Sport for All is organised under the patronage of the International Olympic Committee, in cooperation with the World Health Organization and SportAccord (Beijing Municipal Government). The World Conference on Sport for All has since its formation been dedicated to promoting broad dissemination of the sport for all philosophy globally; pursuing…
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Slovenia – ‘Small Is Big In 2013’
Press Release (FIBA EUROPE) : That was the impression the media representatives who attended the EuroBasket 2013 press conference in Kaunas on Sunday were left with. A sizeable Slovenian delegation had arrived in Lithuania since day one of EuroBasket 2011 to observe, listen and learn. Sunday, the final day of Lithuania’s EuroBasket, came their turn…
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First-ever Integrity Officers’ workshop
The first-ever Integrity Officers workshop finished today at UEFA Headquarters with a stark warning from UEFA President Michel Platini about the dangers of match-fixing in football. “Football, like most sporting disciplines, is in mortal danger,” Mr Platini said.
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UEFA Executive Committee agenda
The UEFA Executive Committee agenda, chaired by UEFA President Michel Platini, will hold its next meeting at the Hotel Le Meridien, in Limassol, Cyprus, during the afternoon of Thursday 22 September and the morning of Friday 23 September 2011.
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FEI European Jumping C’ships
DOUBLE GOLD WOULD BE PERFECT EARLY BIRTHDAY GIFT FOR NAGEL Carsten-Otto Nagel is the man of the moment in Madrid. The 48-year-old already has a team gold medal in his back pocket after yesterday’s German victory at the FEI European Jumping Championships and, as leader of the individual rankings, he’s hoping to make that double…
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THE DOHA DECLARATION
DOHA, QATAR: The 9th World Conference on Sport and the Environment was organised in Doha, Qatar, by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), in partnership with the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), from 30 April to 2 May 2011. About 600 delegates from National Olympic Committees (NOCs), International Federations (IFs),…
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