Author: Abdul Rahim
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Decision of Sindh Olympic Association
Karachi – Pakistan, April 20, 2013: The Secretary General of Sindh Olympic Association (SOA) has informed that the General Body Meeting of Sindh Olympic Association held at Creek Club, DHA, Karachi under the Chairmanship of Qamaruddin Shaikh, Chairman, SOA and Abdul Wahab Bandhani, Patron, SOA. The following decisions have been taken by the house. 1.…
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Tim Hadaway joins FEI as Director Games
Lausanne (SUI), April 19, 2013: Tim Hadaway, London 2012 Equestrian Competition Manager at Greenwich Park and the man widely credited for the success of last year’s Olympic and Paralympic equestrian events, has joined the FEI staff as Director of the newly created Games and Championships Department. The new Director’s role will be mainly to ensure…
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Cricket Australia’s quest to unearth EAP talent
Melbourne, April 18, 2013: The ICC’s East Asia-Pacific (EAP) regional office, in partnership with Cricket Australia, will next week begin a talent scouting expedition around the East Asia-Pacific region to identify five potential future stars. Two scouts from Cricket Australia will spend a fortnight travelling through Fiji, Vanuatu and PNG conducting tests on both male…
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Record numbers likely in Moscow
Monaco – April 18, 2013: Record numbers of athletes and nations are expected to compete at the IAAF World Championships this year, which will be held in Moscow between 10 to 18 August. Preliminary entries received by the IAAF for the 14th edition of the Championships indicate that 205 of the 212 National Member Federations…
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AFC delegation visited PFF this week
Lahore – Pakistan, April 18, 2013: A three member AFC (Asian Football Confederation) delegation visited Pakistan this week. The delegation held multiple meetings to review Marketing performance and in order to help Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) to further strength it marketing department. The visit has been organized at the behest of the President PFF Makhdoom…
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3×3 EuroTour Set To Heat Up Summer
Munich – Germany, April 18, 2013: The inaugural 3×3 EuroTour is set to heat up the 2013 summer with nine stopovers across Europe before rocking up in Budapest for the Final. Sticking with a “basketball for everybody” approach, over 100 teams will take to the court in each of the nine destinations, playing across an…
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AISTS to Conduct Squash Referee Research
London, April 18, 2013: The World Squash Federation (WSF) has appointed world-renowned International Academy of Sports Science and Technology (AISTS) to conduct research that will provide a framework to help encourage more players and ex-players to become qualified as referees. The research will also look at new options that will help raise officiating standards generally.…
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Press Accreditation and Accommodation
Monaco – April 18, 2013: Accommodation, Press accreditation for the IAAF World Youth Championships which will be held in Donetsk, Ukraine from 10-14 July 2013 opened on 12 April 2013. The deadline for journalists and photographers to apply for accreditation and accommodation is Monday 10 June 2013. After this date, the Local Organising Committee may…
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7 Continent Challenge Now Homeward Bound
London, April 17, 2013: With four locations now behind them, and the pair’s on-court challenge finely-poised at two wins apiece, former world champion Peter Nicol MBE and fellow former professional Tim Garner are now past the half-way mark of their remarkable Xodus 7 Continent Challenge – the bid to contest 7 Squash Matches in 7…
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Death of IOC Honorary Member Pedro
Lausanne, April 17, 2013: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) was saddened to learn of the death of IOC honorary member Pedro Ramírez Vázquez, who passed away yesterday at the age of 94. An IOC member from 1972 to 1995, Mr Ramírez Vázquez was Chairman of the Cultural Commission (1980-1994) and a member of the following…