Author: Abdul Rahim
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Mohamed Bin Hammam resigns from football
Zurich – Switzerland, Dec 17: Mohamed Bin Hammam, FIFA Executive Committee member and AFC President, has resigned from all his positions in football with immediate effect and will never be active in organised football again. This result from a resignation letter of Bin Hammam addressed to FIFA and AFC dated on 15 December 2012. In…
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Corinthians join elite group of badge-wearers
Zurich – Switzerland, Dec 17: Newly-crowned FIFA Club World Cup Champions Corinthians are the latest member of the exclusive group of football teams who have the honour of wearing the FIFA World Champions Badge. A symbolic handover of the badge was made to coach Tite by FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter following the South American…
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China Completes Clean Sweep at Volkswagen
Hyderabad – India, Dec17: China completed a clean sweep of titles at the Volkswagen World Junior Championships in the Indian city of Hyderabad on Sunday 16th December 2012. Earlier in the week they had secured both the Boys’ and Girls’ Team titles; on the concluding day of proceedings they collected all five individual titles on…
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Host City for IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy
Dublin – Ireland, Dec 17: The International Rugby Board has announced that the IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy 2013 will take place in Antofagasta in northern Chile. Eight teams will participate in next year’s tournament – hosts Chile, Canada, Italy, Japan, Namibia, Portugal, Tonga and Uruguay. The tournament format will be the same as in…
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ERA meets FEI to discuss rules changes
Lausanne, Dec 17: Representatives from the Event Riders Association met with Giuseppe Della Chiesa, Chair of the FEI Eventing Committee, and Catrin Norinder, FEI Director Eventing & Olympic in London (GBR) on 6 December 2012 to talk through changes to the FEI Eventing Rules that will be implemented from 1 January 2013. The meeting was…
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AFC C Certificate Coaching Course concluded
Lahore – Pakistan, Dec 17: PFF Vision 2020 Plan, which the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) has unveiled on 21 June 2008 PFF Congress, will take Pakistan to new height. This ambitious plan will create pavement to PFF in earning berth in top 15 Asian teams as well earning tickets of World Cup, Olympics and FIFA…
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President and World #1 Lead Squash Presentation
London – GBR, Dec 17: World Squash Federation (WSF) President N Ramachandran and men’s world number one James Willstrop will lead this week’s delegation to the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne where the sport will present its bid to join the programme for the 2020 Olympic Games. After unsuccessful attempts to be selected for both…
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England Rugby 2015 Board Appointments
Dublin – Ireland, Dec 17: Rugby World Cup Limited (RWCL) Chairman Bernard Lapasset has welcomed the appointment of Bill Beaumont (RFU Chairman) and Paul Deighton (former CEO of the London 2012 organising committee) to the Board of the England Rugby 2015 (ER 2015), the Rugby World Cup 2015 organising body. The appointment of two highly-experienced…
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FINA World Swimming Championships (25m)
Istanbul – Turkey, Dec 16 (FINA): For the fourth consecutive edition of the FINA World Swimming Championships (25m), Ryan Lochte (USA) is the winner of the FINA Trophy for best male swimmer, earning an unprecedented eight medals in Istanbul! The swimming superstar already made history two years ago in Dubai (UAE) with seven podium appearances,…
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2nd Asian Champions Trophy Hockey
Lahore – Pakistan, Dec 16: Pakistan hockey team will participate in the 2nd Asian Champions Trophy Hockey Tournament to be played in Doha/Qatar from 20th to 27th December 2012. According to the PHF, Mr. Akhtar Rasool Chaudhary, Manager Senior Hockey Team with the approval of President PHF has announced following squad for participation in the…