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IAAF announces mobile film competition for young filmmakers
Monaco, July 22, 2019: Working in collaboration with the International Athletics Film Festival (FICA), the IAAF Heritage and Broadcast departments have announced a mobile film competition open to young filmmakers from around the world. Open to all aspiring filmmakers regardless of experience under the age of 23, the competition is seeking short athletics-theme films, no…
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14 Year Old Hasham Hadi Khan Wins 31st Pakistan Scrabble Championship
Karachi, Pakistan, July 21, 2019: The 31st Pakistan Scrabble Championship ended here today with 14 year old Hasham Hadi Khan maintaining his grip on the trophy through out and winning the title for the first time eventually winning 21 of his 27 games. Hasham Hadi Khan domination can be assuaged from the fact that he…
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New Zealand shocked defending champions Australia to win the Vitality Netball World Cup
Liverpool, England, July 21, 2019: The Silver Ferns, whose last World Cup title came in 2003, took control of the contest late in the second quarter and didn’t give up their advantage as captain Laura Langman led her side to success with help from some superb shooting from Maria Folau and Ameliaranne Ekenasio (New Zealand…
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BRAVE 24 could prove a seminal moment for the sport’, IMMAF president
Bahrain, July 21, 2019: BRAVE Combat Federation’s first trip to England sets to take mixed martial arts to the next level and could prove to become the start of a new era to the sport (IMMAF president Kerrith Brown). That’s according to IMMAF president Kerrith Brown, who’s in charge of the biggest amateur MMA tournament…
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Youth baseball facility opens in Tainan for the WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup
Tainan, Taiwan, July 20, 2019: World Baseball Softball Confederation President Riccardo Fraccari today officially opened the Tainan Asia-Pacific International Baseball Stadium and Training Centers — a first-of-its-kind elite baseball facility designed specifically for youth athletes aged 12 and under. The complex built at a cost of $130 million and will host the next five editions…
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Champion Bubba Jenkins launches scathing attack on ‘villain’ Lucas Mineiro ahead of BRAVE 24
Bahrain, July 20, 2019: Featherweight world champion Bubba Jenkins launches has kept quiet during his preparation for the historic BRAVE 24: London, set to take place at the Copper Box Arena, on July 25th. After letting his challenger Lucas “Mineiro” Martins do the majority of the talking, Bubba Jenkins launches has finally decided to speak…
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Tokyo 2020 Unveils Field Cast and City Cast Uniforms
Tokyo, July 19, 2019: The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) today unveiled the official uniforms that will be worn by the more than 110,000 “Field Cast” Games staff and volunteers and “City Cast” volunteers during the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020. It hopes the uniforms will help create…
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PCB congratulates Sana Mir on induction in ICC Women’s Committee
Lahore, July 19, 2019: The Pakistan Cricket Board has congratulated Pakistan women’s cricket star Sana Mir for her inclusion in the ICC Women’s Committee (Sana ICC Women Committee) as one of the three current player representatives. Former England player Clare Connor has retained as the Chair of the ICC Women’s Committee, which also includes PCB…
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Beijing 2022 shows positive impact of Games vision
Lausanne, July 19, 2019: The fourth IOC Coordination Commission meeting (17-19 July) witnessed the significant positive impact made from creating opportunities for 300 million Chinese people to get involved in winter sport, as well as the benefits from the on-going implementation of Olympic Agenda 2020 (Beijing 2022 shows positive). “Beijing 2022 is delivering on its…
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Team South Africa 2023 congratulate Liverpool on their Vitality Netball World Cup
Liverpool, United Kingdom, July 19, 2019: Team South Africa 2023 (Team South Africa) have congratulated Liverpool on hosting a very successful tournament and said that they were looking forward to picking up the mantle as the next hosts of the Netball World Cup. In a media briefing hosted by Team South Africa with the international…
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