Author: Abdul Rahim

  • RWCL Opens Rugby World Cup 2015 and 2019 Broadcast Tender Process in France

    RWCL Opens Rugby World Cup 2015 and 2019 Broadcast Tender Process in France

    Dublin-Ireland, April 24, 2012: Rugby World Cup Limited (RWCL) today announced the launch of the tender process for the French Broadcast rights to Rugby World Cup 2015 and Rugby World Cup 2019 (Broadcast Tender). The first phase of a detailed and thorough process will be the opening of an Invitation to Tender (ITT). An ITT…

  • Mestre Shortlisted for Spirit of Sport Awards

    Mestre Shortlisted for Spirit of Sport Awards

    Bonn-Germany, April 24, 2012: Sylvana Mestre, Chairperson of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Alpine Skiing Sport Technical Committee, has been shortlisted for the prestigious 2012 SportAccord Spirit of Sport Awards. The Spirit of Sport Awards 2012 will be presented during the 10th annual SportAccord Convention in Quebec, Canada on 24 May 2012. The annual awards…

  • Media Information: Statistical kits for the Olympic Football Tournaments London

    Media Information: Statistical kits for the Olympic Football Tournaments London

    Zurich-Switzerland, April 25, 2012: Football was a demonstration sport at the 1900 and 1904 Olympic Games before being included in the Olympic programme in London in 1908, the very first Men’s Olympic Football Tournament under FIFA auspices. Since then, football has been an Olympic sport at every Games, apart from during the war years when…

  • Invitation to the Men´s U19 WFC 2013

    Invitation to the Men´s U19 WFC 2013

    Helsinki, Finland, April 24, 2012: The International Floorball Federation invites each IFF Member Association to the 7th Men´s U19 World Floorball Championships (U19 WFC) to be played in Hamburg, Germany 7th – 11th of May 2013. The official invitation was sent to all IFF member associations 20.04.2012. If more than 16 teams register a qualification…

  • IAAF World Athletics Day – ‘lucky 12’ invited to IAAF Centenary Gala

    IAAF World Athletics Day – ‘lucky 12’ invited to IAAF Centenary Gala

    Monaco – April 24, 2012: The IAAF’s annual worldwide festival of youth, the IAAF World Athletics Day, which was originated in 1996, is fast approaching, and in total across the various activities has attracted 158 IAAF Member Federations to take part in 2012. Now in its 17th year the IAAF World Athletics Day is one…

  • HSBC FEI Classics™ 2012: The season resumes with record entries at Kentucky

    HSBC FEI Classics™ 2012: The season resumes with record entries at Kentucky

    Lausanne (SUI), 24 April 2012: Great anticipation surrounds the resumption of the HSBC FEI Classics™ 2012 season, with record entries for the third leg, the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event (USA) presented by Bridgestone this week (26-29 April). With CCI4* competitions having taken place in France and, for the first time Australia, the HSBC FEI Classics™…

  • Schedule of the U19 Women´s WC 2012

    Schedule of the U19 Women´s WC 2012

    Helsinki-Finland, April 24, 2012: Following is the Schedule of the U19 Women´s WC 2012, U19 Womens: SH Klokočina – division A Tuesday May 1st 2012 • 11:30 – Hungary : Sweden • 14:15 – Norway : Finland • 16:45 – Opening ceremony • 17:00 – Slovakia : Switzerland • 19:45 – Poland : Czech Republic…

  • International Rugby Board Applies for .Rugby Top Level Domain Name

    International Rugby Board Applies for .Rugby Top Level Domain Name

    Dublin-Ireland, April 23, 2012: Top Level Domain Name, The International Rugby Board has announced that it is applying to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to acquire the .RUGBY generic top-level domain name (gTLD). The application is being submitted by Rugby’s global governing federation to keep the .RUGBY domain within the sport…

  • Final qualifying gets under way in Australia and Roland Garros entries announced

    Final qualifying gets under way in Australia and Roland Garros entries announced

    London, April 23, 2012: Regional Final Qualifying events are taking place this week for both Asia/Oceania and North/Central America and Caribbean. Tuesday sees the first day of the Asia/Oceania Junior Davis and Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Final Qualifying in Bendigo, Australia. Sixteen teams will contest each event with four boys’ and four girls’ teams…

  • Serbia and Czech Republic to meet in Fed Cup Final

    Serbia and Czech Republic to meet in Fed Cup Final

    London, April 23, 2012: Fed Cup Final, Czech Republic will be the hosts for the 2012 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Final and will welcome Serbia, who are playing in their first ever Final. The Czech team entered Sunday in a commanding position and the victory was soon confirmed as was their place in the…