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Pre-Olympic warning to doping athletes
Montreal – Canada, July 10, 2012: doping athletes, World Anti-Doping President John Fahey has called on athletes who are doping to withdraw from their national teams and stay away from the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. With less than three weeks to the opening ceremony of London 2012, Mr. Fahey has taken the opportunity to…
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Macau International Junior/Youth Tournament
Macau – July 10, 2012: During his stay in Macau, Vizer accompanied by Che, the President of Judo Association, visited the Sport Development Board, the highest governmental authority in charge of all Sports of Macau, having a very friendly and productive meeting with the President Alex Vong and the Vice-President Tavares, of the MSDB and…
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First FIG Academy held in Barbados
Lausanne (SUI), July 10, 2012: During the first week of July, Barbados hosted a Level 1 Academy for Men’s and Women’s Artistic Gymnastics for the first time as did the Dominican Republic exactly one month earlier. It was held in the capitol city of Bridgetown and became the 47th country to host a FIG Academy…
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Gymnastic: Courtesy visit Tokyo 2020
LAUSANNE (SUI), July 10, 2012: Courtesy visit, Even before the 2012 Olympic Games begin, the 2020 edition is already looming on the horizon for the next generation of up-and-coming gymnasts. That was certainly very much the case at the FIG office in Lausanne on 22 June, when it played host to Masato Mizuno, CEO of…
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Sport personality Werner Walder passes on
LAUSANNE (SUI), July 10, 2012: Colourful Swiss Gymnastics personality, Werner Walder, died June 29, 2012 at the age of eighty. The presidency of the Artistic Gymnastics Men’s Technical Committee marked the capstone of his career, a position he held for several years. At the international level, Walder gained respect among the judges college and was…
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Jordanian Al-Saraj In Historic World Breakthrough
RESULTS: Jordanian Al-Saraj, Doha WSF World Junior Championship, Doha, Qatar Men’s 3rd round: [1] Marwan El Shorbagy (EGY) bt Cameron Seth (CAN) 11-3, 11-6, 11-4 (24m) [9/16] Syed Hamzah Shah Bukhari (PAK) bt Richie Fallows (ENG) 14-12, 11-4, 11-9 (63m) [9/16] Thomas Ford (ENG) bt Taminder Gata-Aura (ENG) 11-4, 11-5, 12-10 (34m) [5/8] Nasir Iqbal…
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Madagascar promoted to CAR Division 1A in 2013
Dublin – Ireland, July 09, 2012: Madagascar played some irresistible rugby in front of 40,000 ecstatic fans at the Mahamasina Stadium in Antananarivo on 8 July to defeat Namibia 57-54 in extra time and become CAR (Confédération Africaine de Rugby) Division 1B champions for 2012. Madagascar will take their place in the CAR Division 1A…
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USA withdraws from World Equestrian Games
Lausanne (SUI), July 09, 2012: World Equestrian Games, Wellington (USA), which had been confirmed as an official candidate to stage the FEI World Equestrian Games™ in 2018, has withdrawn from the bidding process. Equestrian Sport Productions (ESP), the company that had put together the US bid for 2018, informed the FEI today that it was…
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Kosovo Boxing Federation joins AIBA Family
Bangkok, Thailand, July 09, 2012 – AIBA is pleased to announce that the Kosovo Boxing Federation (FboxK) has been accepted today by the AIBA Executive Committee as a Provisional Member of the AIBA Family. Kosovo sent a delegation to Bangkok (Thailand), where the AIBA Executive Committee is meeting at the moment, to support its application…
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CAS will be at the Games of the Olympiad
Lausanne, July 09, 2012 – Olympiad, The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) will open an office in London in order to resolve all legal disputes which may arise during the Olympic Games. This special tribunal, called the CAS ad hoc Division, has been in operation at previous editions of the Olympic Games since Atlanta 1996.…
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