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Jan Serfontein Named IRB Junior Player of the Year
(IRB News)-Cape Town – South Africa, June 22, 2012: South Africa’s Jan Serfontein has been named the IRB Junior Player of the Year 2012 following a thrilling Junior World Championship final at Newlands against New Zealand, which saw his side crowned champions for the first time. Serfontein is the first South African to win the…
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London Olympic Pakistani girl to be torch bearer
Karachi – Pakistan, June 22: When young Zainab Imran puts on her running shoes on June 28, she will be doing it for her country and her people. The 16-year-old Karachi girl, a student of Nasra Trust School, Malir, will be carrying the Olympic torch as it makes its way to London. Zainab, who has…
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Lives can be changed through sport
Hennef/Geneva, June 22, 2012: This past Monday, the 2nd edition of the ‘UNOSDP Youth Leadership Camp’ kicked off in Hennef, Germany, with 25 young participants hailing from underprivileged communities in 10 African countries and the Palestinian Territories. The 11-day training course focuses on empowering them to deliver sport-based social programmes and invoke greater change in…
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Candidates line up FIG elections in FIG Congress
LAUSANNE (SUI), FIG Office, June 19, 2012: The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) published a list of valid leadership candidatures today for the upcoming 2013 – 2016 Olympic Cycle. Elections will be held during the 79th FIG Congress in Cancun (MEX) on October 25 – 27, 2012. FIG President Prof. Bruno Grandi (ITA), who runs for…
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Can Gill, Miller and Bengtsson defend?
Monaco – June 22, 2012: Bengtsson, With just two weeks to go to the IAAF World Junior Championships in Barcelona, Spain over 1800 athletes representing a record 186 countries are looking forward to what is likely to be the beginning of a long and successful career in athletics. Yet, for three of them the competition…
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London Paralympic equestrian events announced
FEI Press Release, Lausanne (SUI), 22 June 2012: London Paralympic, The FEI has today published the list of nominated entries for the London 2012 Paralympic Games. The list is now available here. The list details the athletes and horses that have achieved the minimum eligibility standards required for London 2012, and qualified National Federations will…
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RESPECT Your Health National Tournament
Gdansk – Poland, June 22, 2012: RESPECT, The National Tournament between the teams of children from all four Polish host cities will kick-off in Gdansk on 23 June. RESPECT your Health is the official community health education programme of the UEFA EURO 2012. This one-year project is aiming to promote a healthy lifestyle, with a…
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WSF ‘Rackets for Africa’ Reach Destination
London, June 22, 2012: A consignment of 50 squash rackets has arrived in the Namibia capital Windhoek for the Namibia Squash Association to use for development projects – heralding the start of deliveries for the Rackets For Africa project launched by the World Squash Federation earlier in the year. It was Canadian Riley Waterous, a…
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IRB & World Food Programme Continue to Tackle Hunger
Dublin – Ireland, June 21, 2012: Tackle Hunger, The future stars of world Rugby competing at the IRB Junior World Championship in South Africa have united with Rugby players at IRB tournaments around the world to back the Tackle Hunder campaign. A joint initiative between Rugby’s governing body and the United Nations World Food Programme…
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2014 FIFA World Cup™ Sustainability Strategy
1. Sustainability Strategy, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) at FIFA Sustainability Strategy, Football is played by millions of people around the world. As the guardian of the game, FIFA – with its 209 member associations – has a responsibility that goes beyond organising the FIFA World Cup™ and developing the game. FIFA sees it as its…
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