Category: OTHER SPORTS
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Top Seeds Crash in Chile Quarter-Finals
Lausanne-Switzerland, April 30, 2012: Top Seeds Crash, Japan’s Jun MIZUTANI and Singapore’s FENG Tianwei, the top two seeds in the respective Men’s and Women’s Singles events at the GAC GROUP 2012 ITTF World Tour Chile Open in Santiago, both crashed to defeat at the quarter-final stage on Saturday 28th April. Jun MIZUTANI was beaten by…
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HSBC FEI Classics™ 2012: Fox-Pitt clocks another Kentucky victory
(By Kate Green) – Lausanne (SUI), April 29, 2012: HSBC FEI Classics, William Fox-Pitt (GBR) won his 11th CCI4* and yet another prized Rolex watch when he held his nerve in the tense final minutes of the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event (USA) presented by Bridgestone, the third leg of the HSBC FEI Classics™. Fox-Pitt, the leader…
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9th Pizza Hut Open Super Series Ranking Tennis Championship
Karachi-Pakistan, April 29, 2012: Sindh Tennis Association shall organize 9th Pizza Hut Open Super Series ranking Tennis Championship from 5th May at Karachi Club Tennis Courts. Pizza Hut is the sponsor of this prestigious week long championship, Karachi club is the host. Total Prize Money is 75000/= Events are, Men s Singles, Ladies Singles, Juniors…
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Second Seed Falls at Second Hurdle in Santiago
Lausanne-Switzerland, April 28, 2012: No international success of note to her name, 24 year old ZHENG Jiaqi from the United States, was the player to cause the biggest upset on the third day of action, Friday 27th April, at the GAC GROUP 2012 ITTF World Tour Chile Open in Santiago. She recovered from a three…
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Women’s Olympic Qualification Tournaments, Schedule and accreditation
Switzerland, April 27, 2012: Womens Olympic Qualification, After all participants of the Men’s Olympic Handball Tournament in London had been determined after the three Olympic Qualification Tournaments on the Easter weekend, now twelve women’s teams fight for the last six remaining places for the 2012 Olympic Games in London (28 July – 12 August) in…
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Antalya hosts Archery World Cup for the seventh time
Lausanne – April 27, 2012: Hosting its seventh edition of a World Cup stage from 1-6 May 2012, Antalya is a true grand slam of archery. With 382 athletes and 156 officials registered from 49 countries, the Stage 2 of the Archery World Cup 2012 will be one of the largest ever. This year the…
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79th FIG Congress Cancun (MEX), October 25 – 27, 2012
LAUSANNE (SUI), April 27, 2012: 79th FIG Congress Cancun, In exactly six months, on October 25, 2012, delegates of the 130 FIG national affiliated federations will participate in the 79th statutory General Assembly in Cancun, on Mexico’s Caribbean Coast. For the oldest international sporting federation and its President, Prof. Bruno Grandi (ITA), the Assembly will…
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London Bound, Brazilian Teenager Hits Form in Santiago
Lausanne-Switzerland, April 27, 2012: Brazil’s 16 year old Caroline KUMAHARA was the one player to cause a surprise on the second day of play, Thursday 26th April, at the GAC GROUP 2012 ITT World Tour Chile Open in Santiago. In the qualification stage of the Women’s Singles event, she beat WU Yue of the United…
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Two weeks to go to the start of 2012 Samsung Diamond League
Monaco – April 27, 2012: Two weeks from today at the Qatar Sports Club Stadium in Doha, Qatar on Friday 11 May, the opening meeting of the 2012 Samsung Diamond League takes place heralding the start of the third season of the sport’s top invitational circuit of meetings. In total the 14 meeting global series…
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Athletes Committee: Election, Procedure and Application Form
Lausanne – April 27, 2012: Athletes Committee, The World Archery Athletes Committee—which has been partially re-elected in Turin in July 2011 during the World Archery Championships—will conduct a re-election of their 6th member representing the Field Archery. This will take place in Val d’Isere where the World Archery Field Championships will be held from 14-19 August…