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Perpetuating a close relationship between Monaco and the IAAF
Monaco – July 18, 2012: Perpetuating, A life-size ice sculpture of a runner, a giant birthday cake decked with images of the IAAF Hall of Fame athletes, and the unveiling of a commemorative postage stamp were the centre pieces of a wonderful party hosted in the gardens of the Palace in Monaco last night on…
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Seniors To Contest Historic World Masters
London, July 18, 2012: Squash Seniors, While the globe’s leading elite athletes are beginning to arrive in the English capital London for the 2012 Olympic Games, more than 750 of the world’s top senior-age-group squash players from 46 countries are converging on Birmingham for the 2012 SUBWAY World Masters Squash Championships from 20-27 July. The…
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Great Britain Takes the Title 1st WUC Netball
Capetown – South Africa, July 18, 2012: WUC Netball, As Melinda Goosen, University Sports South Africa (USSA) Chairperson and head of the local organising committee, said in her closing speech yesterday; “History was made this week!” This past week showcased the first FISU World University Netball Championships, hosted by South Africa at the Good Hope…
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IOC awards broadcast rights in UK
Lausanne – Switzerland, July 18, 2012: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has awarded the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) the exclusive broadcast rights in the United Kingdom for the XXII Olympic Winter Games (2014) in Sochi, Russia; the Games of the XXXI Olympiad (2016) in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil; and the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (2018)…
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IWF announced the Final Entry for Olympic
Budapest – Hungary, July 18, 2012: The International Weightlifting Federation published the Final Entry List for the London 2012 Olympic Games (as of 10 July 2012). Beijing Olympic Gold Medallists to participate at the London 2012 Olympic Games: Women’s +75kg: Mi-ran JANG (KOR) Men’s 77kg: Jaehyouk SA (KOR) Men’s 85kg: Yong LU (CHN) Men’s 94kg:…
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IJF Sports Director Nabil Elalem Kidnapping
Budapest – Hungary, July 18, 2012: It is with great emotion that we learned of the kidnapping of Nabil Elalem, IJF Sports Director for Africa. The kidnapping took place in Tripoli (Libya) where he also holds the position of President of the Libyan Olympic Committee. We hope that a few days prior to the opening…
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Full Coverage of Table Tennis at Olympic
Lausanne, July 18, 2012: Full coverage, The clock is ticking, Saturday 28th July will signal the start of the table tennis events in the ExCeL Arena for the 2012 Olympic Games. ITTF Website Detailed coverage will be available on the website of the International Table Tennis Federation; up-to-date new will be combined with a complete…
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WSF World Junior Team Championship
RESULTS: Doha WSF World Junior Team Championship, Doha, Qatar Semi-finals: [1] EGYPT bt [4] INDIA 3/0 Marwan El Shorbagy bt Mahesh Mangaonkar 9-11, 12-10, 11-5, 7-11, 11-5 (72m) Mohamed Abouelghar bt Abhishek Pradhan 10-12, 11-6, 11-8, 11-5 (33m) Mazen Hesham Ga Sabry bt Vrishab Kotian 11-9, 11-4 (21m) [2] PAKISTAN bt [3] ENGLAND 3/0 Nasir…
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2nd Tissot SSB Inter Media SSB Ranking Bowling
Karachi – Pakistan, July 17, 2012: Inter Media SSB Ranking Bowling, The Tournament was honored with gracious presence of Muhstaq Ahmed Director Sindh Sports Board as Dr Muhammad Ali Shah, Minister of Sports, could not join due to ill health. The event was formally inaugurated by him by Rolling the Bowling Ball. Since the inception,…
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Chairmen of Ethics Committee announced
Zurich – Switzerland, July 17, 2012: The FIFA Executive Committee, chaired by President Joseph S. Blatter, took another major step in its good governance process today by unanimously appointing Michael J Garcia (USA) and Hans-Joachim Eckert (Germany) as the chairmen of the Ethics Committee during its extraordinary meeting held in Zurich. Michael J Garcia will…
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