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Kavarna prepares to welcome road running elite
Monaco – Sept 24, 2012: The 20th edition of the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships takes place in Kavarna, Bulgaria, on Saturday 6 October 2012. Kavarna, a Black Sea coastal town and seaside resort in the Dobruja region of northeastern Bulgaria, was first founded as a Greek settlement in the 5th century BC and is…
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Kata World Championships Pordenone Italy
Pordenone – Italy,, Sept 23: The fourth edition of the Kata World Championships is taking place this weekend in Pordenone, Italy, a town situated near Venice and Treviso in Veneto Friuli. This event is organized by the FIJLKAMA (Italian federation) in collaboration with local clubs: Villanova Sports Center, Tarcento Judo club, the region and the…
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Liu Shiwen Regains Volkswagen Women’s Title
Huangshi – China, Sept 23, 2012: The winner in Guangzhou in 2009 in her one and only previous appearance in the event, the host nation’s 21 year old LIU Shiwen regained the VOLKSWAGEN Women’s World Cup title in the Chinese city of Huangshi on Sunday 23rd September 2012. At the final hurdle she beat Romania’s…
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PFF Congress & Executive Committee meetings held
Lahore – Pakistan, Sept 22, 2012: PFF Congress, The meetings of Pakistan Football Federation Congress and its Executive were convened in PFF Secretariat today with the President PFF Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat in the chair. According to PFF, the resolution to observe the “NAMOOS-E- RASOOL” was unanimously passed where in PFF Congress resolved to…
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First Ever European Women’s Finalist Guaranteed
Huangshi – China, Sept 22, 2012: On debut, Romania’s Elizabeta SAMARA, the 2007 European Youth champion, sensationally booked her place in the semi-finals of the VOLKSWAGEN Women’s World Cup, following breathtaking performances in the Chinese city of Huangshi on Saturday 22nd September 2012. She beat Singapore’s FENG Tianwei, the no.2 seed and bronze medallist at…
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EuroBasket Women 2013 Draw Completed
Munich – Germany, Sept 21, 2012: The EuroBasket Women 2013 Draw took place on Friday in the storied UNESCO building in Paris, France. In front of a sizeable crowd of National Federation representatives, diplomats, coaches, media representatives and invited guests from across Europe, the 16 teams were drawn into four First Round groups, also dictating…
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Final schedule for FIS Snowboard Worlds 2013
Oberhofen – Switzerland, Sept 20, 2012: The halfpipe, big air and slopestyle events will be all staged on the first weekend (18th-20th January 2013) of the 10th FIS Snowboard World Championships in Stoneham, Quebec, Canada, the snowboard cross finals have now been moved to the second weekend together with the parallel giant slalom and parallel…
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Olympic archers are return to the world stage
Tokyo (JPN), Sept 20, 2012: VALENCIA, Olympic archers are return to the world stage to do battle, some to continue their summer of medal-winning performances, and others feeling they have something to prove. After three World Cup stages, the cream of the crop in archery has made its way to Tokyo for the Archery World Cup…
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Rugby; IRB Announces Female Referee Panels
Dublin – Ireland, Sept 20, 2012: The International Rugby Board has announced its female referee panels for 2012-13 as preparation continues towards Rugby World Cup Sevens 2013 in Moscow and Women’s Rugby World Cup 2014 in France. Four referees named on the Fifteens panel – Clare Daniels (England), Nicky Inwood (New Zealand), Dana Teagarden (USA)…
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FIG Foundations of Gymnastics Course
Lausanne, Sept 20, 2012: The third and ultimate FIG Foundations of Gymnastics Course of the year took place at Centro Nacional de Alto Rendimento (CNAR) in Mexico City (MEX) from September 13 – 20, 2012. Fifteen participants from Mexico and three from Brazil attended the Spanish language course that focused on the four F’s of…
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