Author: Abdul Rahim

  • LOC for AFC President’s Cup 2012 has been constituted

    LOC for AFC President’s Cup 2012 has been constituted

    Lahore-Pakistan, April 20, 2012: Local Organizing Committee (LOC) for AFC President’s Cup, 2012 which being held at Punjab Football Stadium, Lahore from 8th May to 12th May, 2012, has been constituted by Pakistan Football Federation under the chairmanship of Dr. Allah Bakhsh Malik, Secretary Sports, Government of Punjab to facilitate this event in a professional…

  • London 2012 official hospitality provider Prestige Ticketing Limited appoints VERO Communications

    London 2012 official hospitality provider Prestige Ticketing Limited appoints VERO Communications

    LONDON-UK, April 20, 2012 (By: Sujit Jasani – VERO Communications): Prestige Ticketing Limited [PTL] has appointed VERO Communications, a London-based agency specialising in the business of sport, as its lead strategic communications partner. PTL is the official London 2012 hospitality provider delivering the only onsite hospitality programme at the Olympic and Paralympic Games this year.…

  • Bangladesh Cricket Board yesterday postponed its national team’s tour of Pakistan

    Bangladesh Cricket Board yesterday postponed its national team’s tour of Pakistan

    Dakka-Bangladesh, April 20, 2012: Bangladesh Cricket Board, Bangladesh was scheduled to tour Pakistan, which has been a no-go land for international cricket teams since the 2009 terror attack on the Sri Lankan team bus in Lahore. The Tigers were to play a one-day international and a Twenty20 match on April 29 and April 30. BCB’s…

  • The Youngest Ever, Japanese Prodigy Rewrites History, Not Once but Twice

    The Youngest Ever, Japanese Prodigy Rewrites History, Not Once but Twice

    By Ian Marshall, Switzerland, April 20, 2012: Japanese Prodigy, Winner of the Junior Girls’ Singles title at the Chinese Taipei Junior and Cadet Open on Sunday 18th September 2011, Mima ITO wrote history; she became the youngest ever winner on the ITTF Junior Circuit. She secured the title just one month prior to her eleventh…

  • Rolex FEI World Cup™ Jumping Final 2011/2012

    Rolex FEI World Cup™ Jumping Final 2011/2012

    By Louise Parkes, April 20, 2012: The oldest horse in the competition, the 16-year-old Irish-bred Flexible, won the first leg of the Rolex FEI World Cup™ Final 2011/2012 for America’s Rich Fellers at the Brabanthalle in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands tonight. Living up to his name, the stallion’s super-tight turn to the double of verticals at…

  • Top media representatives to join the debate at the UNWTO Conference on Tourism and the Media

    Top media representatives to join the debate at the UNWTO Conference on Tourism and the Media

    Madrid-Spain, April 20, 2012: UNWTO Conference, Time Magazine and The Huffington Post are among the top media outlets scheduled to take part in the 2nd UNWTO International Conference on Tourism and the Media. The event, which also counts on the presence of The Independent, Deutsche Welle TV and Ogilvy Mather PR will focus on how tourism…

  • ASC Girls Netball Coaching, Development & Tournament Program

    ASC Girls Netball Coaching, Development & Tournament Program

    Karachi-Pakistan, April 20, 2012: Mudassar Arain, Secretary General, PNF has informed that Pakistan Netball Federation is organizing the ASC Girls Netball Coaching, Development & Tournament Program 2012 at Fiaz Ahmed Fiaz School, Lodhran from 23rd to 25th April 2012 with collaboration of Australian Sports Commission & LSRI. The main aims of this program to fulfill…

  • 84 Officials appointed for London 2012 Olympic Football Tournaments

    84 Officials appointed for London 2012 Olympic Football Tournaments

    Zurich-Switzerland, April 19, 2012: The FIFA Referees Committee under the chairmanship of Ángel María Villar Llona has confirmed the appointment of 84 officials from 36 countries to officiate at the Olympic Football Tournaments London 2012. For the men’s competition, 16 referees and 32 assistant referees have been selected from FIFA’s six Confederations, whilst for the…

  • Jorgensen first into the ring at Reem Acra FEI World Cup™ Dressage Final

    Jorgensen first into the ring at Reem Acra FEI World Cup™ Dressage Final

    By Louise Parkes, April 19, 2012: The draw for the Grand Prix, the opening competition of the Reem Acra FEI World Cup™ Dressage 2011/2012 Final, took place at the Brabanthalle in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, this afternoon. And Denmark’s Lone Jorgensen got an early surprise when pulling her own name out of the hat as first…

  • The ICSS discusses key safety and security challenges at the 2012 African Football Executive Confex

    The ICSS discusses key safety and security challenges at the 2012 African Football Executive Confex

    By Will Shand, Johannesburg, South Africa, April 19, 2012: The International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS), the international organization that aims to enhance safety, security and integrity in the world of sport, today took part in the ‘How to Achieve Security Management’ panel at the 2012 African Football Executive Confex, Africa’s leading football business conference.…