Category: OLYMPIC
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IOC Executive Board meeting in March 2012, Information for the media
LAUSANNE, March 2, 2012- The International Olympic Committee IOC Executive Board Meeting will meet in Lausanne on 13 and 14 March 2012. On the first day, the EB will hear reports by the IOC commissions and receive updates on the activities of the IOC administration. On day two, the EB will receive updates on preparations…
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5th IOC World Conference on Women and Sport, The Los Angeles Declaration
1. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, The Los Angeles Declaration is issued in unanimity by the delegates at the 5th IOC World Conference on Women and Sport, whose theme was “Together Stronger: the Future of Sport”. 2. PARTICIPANTS The participants represent entities of the Olympic Movement (the International Olympic Committee, National Olympic Committees, International Federations, Continental Associations, the International Paralympic Committee, Organising Committees for…
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POA to hold National Sports convention in Karachi
Karachi – Pakistan, FEB 26, 2012: General retired Arif Hasan, who was recently re-elected as head of the Pakistan Olympic Association (POA), has announced convening national sports convention in next three months in which issues related to development and promotion of sports in the country would be discussed. He was speaking at a reception hosted…
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Zambia, the Playing Field for Further UN-Olympic Cooperation
Geneva, Feb 27, 2012: UN Olympic Cooperation, The International community and the world of sport came together on Saturday, 25 February 2012, in Zambia as a high-level delegation led by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge conducted a visit to Lusaka, Zambia, where they visited two community projects that…
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Saudi Arabia’s first Female Olympian Addresses IOC Women and Sport Conference
Lausanne, Feb 26, 2012: Dalma Rushdi Malha who made history by becoming the first Saudi female athlete to compete on the Olympic stage when she rode at the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in 2010, was amongst a high-profile group of speakers who addressed the recent IOC Women and Sport conference in Los Angeles (USA). The 20-year-old,…
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Sport bringing hope to young people in Zambia
Young people Zambia, A delegation led by International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge and United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today concluded a visit to Lusaka, Zambia, where it visited the Olympic Youth Development Centre and other community projects in the area. The delegation said it was pleased with the impact the centre –…
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Brazilian Powerlifter Sanctioned after Anti-Doping Rule Violation
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced that the Brazilian Powerlifter Claudemar Santin has been suspended for two years for an Anti-Doping Rule Violation. Santin returned an adverse analytical finding for Tamoxifen and its metabolites 4-hydroxytamoxifen and N-desmethyltamoxifen in a urine sample provided on 18 November 2011 during the 2011 Parapan American Games in Guadalajara,…
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UN Secretary-General Ban joined by IOC President Rogge to visit grassroots sports projects in Zambia
Geneva, Feb 21, 2012: Grassroots sports projects Zambia, On Saturday 25 February 2012, the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace, Wilfried Lemke, will jointly together with the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Jacques Rogge – visit community sports projects in Lusaka, Zambia. They will be…
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5th World Conference on Women and Sport calls for more women in leadership roles
5th World Conference, Participants in the 5th IOC World Conference on Women and Sport called on sports leaders to take a more proactive role in advancing the cause of women in and through sport as the event came to a close in Los Angeles, California, on Saturday. The three-day conference, whose theme was “Together Stronger:…
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IOC celebrates six winners at 2012 Women and Sport Awards
Los Angeles-USA, Feb 17, 2012: 2012 Women Sport Awards, The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Thursday honoured five women and one organisation for their outstanding contributions to the development of women’s participation in sport and sports administration during a ceremony for the 2012 IOC Women and Sport Awards in Los Angeles. Presented on the opening…