Category: OTHER SPORTS

By Louise Parkes: The Italian team will be pathfinders as the much-anticipated FEI Nations Cup™ Promotional League Final gets underway at the Real Club de Polo in Barcelona, Spain tomorrow afternoon (PROMOTIONAL LEAGUE FINAL).

The young Iranian compound athlete Mahtab PARSAMEHR, 22 years old, won her first World Cup in June this year. Thanks to her regularity this season 7th in Porec, 1st in Antalya and 4th in Ogden she has deserved to qualify for the World Cup Final in Istanbul on 24-25 September. This is the first time…

News/Photo by FITA: The world’s 32 best archers of 2011 are on their way to Istanbul, Turkey. They will compete in the Archery World Cup Final on 24-25 September on the shore of the Bosphorus, exactly where East meets West. In the Istanbul showdown, there will be no second chance as the athletes start directly…

Winners of World Archery Fan Reporters Season 2 go to Istanbul Krystine SHIFLET and Alexia MARTINEZ in Ogden News/Photo by FITA: The second season of the Archery Fan Reporter programme is presented by the archery brand WIN&WIN. The best pair of reporters from the season will take the role again at the Archery World Cup…

Final Edinburgh 2010 wins best event award – Istanbul venue under construction: FITA News: World Archery was very happy that the Archery World Cup Final won the prestigious Best Sports Event award of 2010 at Scottish Event Awards. This shows that not only the archery family but the experts in event management appreciate the efforts…

World Cup Stage Final Istanbul (TUR) – 24-25 September 2011 Programme: Saturday, 24 September 10:00 – 10:56 Quarterfinals – Compound Women 10:58 – 11:54 Quarterfinals – Compound Men 11:55 – 12:10 Gold Medal Match – Compound Mixed Team 14:00 – 14:26 Semifinals – Compound Women 14:26 – 14:52 Semifinals – Compound Men 14:54 – 15:20 Medal Matches…

Give AIDS the Red Card initiative launched at All-Africa Games Mozambique Source: UNAIDS – UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé and Mozambique’s Minister of Youth and Sports H.E. Pedrito Fuleda Caetano launched the UNAIDS initiative Give AIDS the Red Card. The announcement was made on the eve of the 10th All-Africa Games, the continent’s largest multi-sports…

UNICEF’s Sport for Development Programme Enters Fourth Year at Senaoane School in Soweto UNICEF Sport Development Source: UNICEF South Africa – A healthy body, a healthy mind. This is one of the philosophies behind the Sports for Development programme, which in now in its fourth year at Senaoane Secondary School in Soweto. And the school has…

ITF PRESS RELEASE 23 September 2011: Francesco Ricci Bitti re elected ITF President The ITF announced that Francesco Ricci Bitti has been re-elected President of the International Tennis Federation for a fourth term (2011-15) at the 2011 ITF Annual General Meeting in Bangkok, Thailand on Friday 23 September. 

FEI NATIONS CUP 2011 – Promotional League Final – Preview SEVEN NATIONS LINE OUT FOR FEI PROMOTIONAL LEAGUE FINAL IN BARCELONA by Louise Parkes The line-up for the next year’s FEI Nations Cup™ series will be decided on Sunday following the all-important Final of the 2011 FEI Promotional League which takes place in Barcelona, Spain. …