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Heja Norge! Norway Olympic champions again
London – GBR, August 12, 2012: Heja, The Norwegian women’s handball team have defended their title at the London 2012 Olympic Games. But it took them a lot of energy to beat their surprising final opponents Montenegro 26-23 (13-10). The Olympic debutants were not disappointed with silver and celebrated their unexpected medal by dancing on…
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2nd SAFF Women Football Championships
Lahore – Pakistan, August 12, 2012: Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) has shortlisted the probables to 25 from 33 players for a final selection after Eid Holidays in the build up for the national women football team to appear in the 2nd SAFF Women National Football Championship 2012, Colombo, Sri Lanka from September 7-17. According to…
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Father’s pride in Tanaka trio
London – GBR, August 11, 2012: Wakayama in eastern Japan is a region famed for its sacred mountains and shrines. It is to one such site, Nichizengu, that the Tanaka family make an annual pilgrimage each New Year and when they visit on 1 January 2013, to pray for blessings, they should also give thanks…
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Athletes’ Commission of the IOC
London – GBR, August 11, 2012: Danka Bartekova from Slovakia (shooting), James Tomkins from Australia (rowing), Kirsty Coventry from Zimbabwe (aquatics) and Tony Estanguet from France (canoe-kayak) have been elected to the Athletes’ Commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) by their peers at the London 2012 Olympic Games for a term of eight years.…
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David Boudia wins the men’s 10m platform
London – GBR, August 12, 2012: The entire United Kingdom was waiting for this final since the beginning of 2008. In January of that year, Thomas (Tom) Daley became the youngest winner ever of a British 10m platform senior title, at the age of… 13! He got immediately spotted as a bright and talented diver,…
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Murata and Usyk claim Olympic gold medals
London – Great Britain, August 12, 2012: Campbell, On day fifteen of competition at the London 2012 Olympic Games, four boxers became Olympic Champions for the very first time whilst one made history by defending his title. The atmosphere at the packed ExCeL arena was once again fantastic for five contest of the very highest…
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Gabon celebrates first medal in Olympic history
London – GBR, August 11, 2012: Gabon, The World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) today hailed the London 2012 taekwondo tournament as the “best Olympic taekwondo competition yet”, with 24 medals already distributed among 17 nations, and more to come in today’s final two sessions. There are still eight medals up for grabs on day four of…
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Peerless Kanaeva completes Olympic double
London – GBR, August 11, 2012: With Russian flags rippling around Wembley Arena and louds shouts from her supporters, Evgeniya Kanaeva took an elegant leap into the Olympic record books on Saturday as she became the first rhythmic gymnast to retain the Individual All-around Gold medal. Kanaeva won with a total of 116.900 points, with…
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IOC disqualifies hurdler Almouhamad
London – GBR, August 11, 2012: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today announced that it has disqualified Syrian athlete Ghfran Almouhamad from the Games of the XXX Olympiad in London for an anti-doping rule violation. Almouhamad, 23, provided a urine sample on 3 August 2012 in London that indicated the presence of methylhexaneamine. The analysis…
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Medal positions triathlon confirmed
London – GBR, August 11, 2012: The ad hoc Division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has denied the appeal filed by the Swedish NOC and the Swedish Triathlon Federation (STF) against the decision of the International Triathlon Union (ITU) issued on 8 August 2012. The applicants sought to have Lisa Norden ranked…
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