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Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Final sells out in 6hrs
London – GBR, Sept 27, 2012: sells out, The ITF announced that tickets for the 2012 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Final between Czech Republic and Serbia in Prague sold out in six hours on Monday. The Final will be played indoors at the O2 Arena on 3-4 November, with a seating capacity of 13,000…
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USD 250 million for football development
Zurich – Switzerland, Sept 26, 2012: The figures speak for themselves. Thirteen years after its launch by FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter, the Goal Programme has reached a new milestone. According to the latest figures released on Tuesday 25 September, by the FIFA Development Committee chaired by FIFA Vice-President and CAF President Issa Hayatou (Cameroon),…
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IFF; Special Olympics (SO) & SO Floorball
Helsinki – Finland, Sept 26, 2012: Special Olympics (SO) is the largest sports organisation for persons with Intellectual Disability with more than 3,7 million officially registered athletes and 0,5 million coaches in 183 countries in all Regions of the World. Special Olympics include 33 different sports, 26 summer sports, 7 winter sports Floorball being the youngest…
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Swiss Take title, while Belgians Bag Individual
Dinard (FRA), Sept 26, 2012: SWISS, Switzerland claimed team gold, while Belgian riders clinched two of the three Individual medals on offer at the FEI European Jumping Championships for Veterans 2012 staged in Dinard, France. Open to female riders of 45 years and older, and male competitors of 49 and above, these Championships are restricted…
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APB star Shin donates signing bonus
Lausanne – Switzerland, Sept 26, 2012 – SHIN DONATES, Jonghun Shin, the AIBA World Boxing Championships Baku 2011 silver medallist from Korea, has announced his intention to donate his AIBA Professional Boxing (APB) signing bonus to AIBA’s Development programs for young boxers. Passionate about his beloved sport, Shin wanted to give something back and decided…
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Eurosport and FISU to partner until 2017
PARIS/LAUSANNE – Sept 26, 2012: The Eurosport Group and FISU announce they have signed a six-year agreement, starting in September 2012. This long-term partnership will give the Summer and Winter Universiades – FISU’s highly successful global multi-sport events – comprehensive television coverage on an international basis across Eurosport’s unrivalled pan-European network. Eurosport will also produce a…
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Athletes Commission was elected by the IFF CB
Helsinki – Finland, Sept 26, 2012: The IFF Athletes Commission consists of 4 female and 4 male athletes, out of which the players of each World Floorball Championships are entitled to elect three to four representatives and the IFF CB can based on regional aspects elect one member to the Athletes Commission. We now invite…
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Simon Taufel to step down from elite panel
Colombo, Sept 26, 2012: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday announced that Simon Taufel will step down from the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires at the end of the ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012, which runs until 7 October, to take up the new role of ICC Umpire Performance and Training Manager.…
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Prize money & bonus for Women Football
Lahore – Pakistan, Sept 26, 2012: In a special meeting called by Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat, President, Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) at Football House shows his magnanimity and love for the football players. He benevolently approved the package of Prize Money and Match Bonus System of 8th National Women Football Championship-2012, for winning teams…
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YLC United Nations Sports Youth Camp kicks off
Macolin/Magglingen – Switzerland, Sept 25, 2012: United Nations Sports Youth Camp, Today kicked off the 3rd edition of the ‘UNOSDP Youth Leadership Camp’ (YLC), an eleven-day gathering aiming at supporting deserving young community workers with basic education levels and limited resources by providing them with access to training on how sport can be better used…
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