Author: Abdul Rahim
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OCM-Sports Toto Outstanding Athletes
Kuala Lumpur – Sports Toto, Malaysia, Sept 30, 2012: 14th OCM Executive Board Meeting 2012 – Tuesday, 2th October 2012 at 4.30 p.m. at OCM Boardroom, 1st Floor, Wisma OCM, Kuala Lumpur. 165th OCM Council Meeting 2012 – Saturday, 3rd November 2012 at 9.30 a.m. at Level 2C, OCM Indoor Sports Arena, Wisma OCM, Kuala…
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WI & NZ qualify for ICC T20 semifinals
Galle – Sri Lanka, Sept 30, 2012: West Indies and two-times finalist New Zealand qualified for the semi-finals of the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012, after each recorded victories on the final day of Group B matches in Galle on Sunday. A strong all-round performance by Stafanie Taylor cemented a West Indies victory over…
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World Cup™ to be played in 11 Host Cities
Sept 29, 2012: Eleven Host Cities and twelve stadiums have been selected to host the 64 matches of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™. This was announced today, 29 September 2012, at a ceremony with Russian Minister of Sport and chairman of the Russia 2018 Local Organising Committee (LOC), Vitaly Mutko, and FIFA President Joseph…
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England & Sri Lanka fined for maintaining
Pallekele, Sept 29, 2012: The Sri Lanka team has been fined for maintaining a slow over-rate during the side’s ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012 Super Eight fixture against West Indies on Saturday. Javagal Srinath of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees imposed the fines after Mahela Jayawardena’s side was ruled to be…
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Aus & Eng qualify for WT20 semi-finals
Galle – Sri Lanka, Sept 29, 2012: Defending champion Australia and former winner England qualified for the semi-finals of the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012 after recording their second successive victories in Group A in Galle on Saturday. Australia defeated Pakistan by 25 runs on the Duckworth-Lewis Method, while an unbeaten 50 by…
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LIEBHERR Men’s World Cup in Liverpool
Liverpool – GBR, Sept 29, 2012: Gold medallist in the Men’s Team event at the London 2012 Olympic Games; China’s MA Long, the top seed and favourite for the title, was beaten by Chinese Taipei’s CHUANG Chih-Yuan in the initial stage of proceedings at the LIEBHERR Men’s World Cup in Liverpool on Friday 28th September…
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FIFA calls for solidarity to eradicate match-fixing
Zurich – Switzerland, Sept 28, 2012: Chaired by FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter, the FIFA Executive Committee today completed a two-day meeting at the Home of FIFA in Zurich, where it called for the solidarity of the football community to help eradicate match-fixing from the game. “Almost 300 million people play football in the world.…
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Highly Competitive Women’s Rugby
Dublin – Ireland, Sept 29, 2012: Highly Competitive, The race to secure a place in the women’s competition at Rugby World Cup Sevens 2013 continues in Africa with the Confédération Africane de Rugby (CAR) Sevens in Rabat, Morocco this weekend. Uganda and Kenya head into the event as favourites and three and a half years…
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Americas and South American Jumping 2012
Passo Fundo (BRA), Sept 28, 2012: Brazilian riders were in formidable form at the FEI Americas and South American Jumping Championships 2012 on their home turf in Passo Fundo when scooping all the team gold medals and three of the four individual titles on offer. Chile’s Alexandre Imschenetzky was the only one to break their…
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20th IAAF World Half Marathon
Monte-Carlo – Sept 28, 2012: With just one week to go to the 20th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, Kavarna, Bulgaria, Saturday 6 October 2012 – we take a brief look at a few of the big names expected to play key roles when the focus of the distance running world turns to this resort…