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Hussey, Ponting and Sammy champion ICC Think Wise partnership in the Caribbean
Dubai, April 07, 2012: ICC Think Wise partnership, Cricket stars Mike Hussey and Ricky Ponting of Australia and Darren Sammy of the West Indies, along with members of their respective squads, have taken part in coaching clinics with local children in Barbados as part of the ICC’s global Think Wise campaign, a partnership that aims to…
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Latest results for the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group
London, April 07, 2012: BNP Paribas World Group, Davis Cup by BNP Paribas is the largest annual international team competition in sport with 123 nations entered in 2012. The title sponsor is BNP Paribas, the Official Bank of Davis Cup. International sponsors are HP (Official Technology Sponsor), Rolex (Official Timekeeper) Hugo Boss (Official Men’s Fashion…
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Pendleton wins sixth sprint gold medal Sprints full of drama on day three
Pendleton wins sixth sprint gold, A disqualification has handed Great Britain’s Victoria Pendleton the gold medal in the women’s individual sprint in the drama filled night at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. Pendleton had the better of Lithuania’s Simona Krupeckaite in the first race and after going down in the second, commissaires awarded…
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Festival referees ready to take their bow
Lahore-Pakistan, April 06, 2012: Festival referees, AFC Referees Preparatory Course, one of the key components of the AFC U14 Boys Festival of Football for Central Asia commenced on Friday including 18 referees from Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Islamic Republic of Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan at the Jinnah Stadium, Islamabad. The first week of the Festival is more…
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ITF launches Beach Tennis World Team Championships
London-April 06, 2012: The ITF today announced that the inaugural ITF Beach Tennis World Team Championships will be held in Moscow on 13-15 July 2012. The Championships will take place at Russia’s National Tennis Centre in a three-year agreement with the Russian Tennis Federation. The Team Championships will be a mixed competition in which nations…
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Dilshan found guilty of breaching ICC Code of Conduct
Dubai, April 06, 2012: Dilshan found guilty, Sri Lanka’s Tillakaratne Dilshan has been fined 10 per cent of his match fee after being found guilty of breaching the ICC Code of Conduct during the second Test between his side and England at the P Sara Oval, Colombo on Thursday. Dilshan was charged with a Level…
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Korea Wins 3 Golds on 2nd Day & Iran, Russia Clinch 1 Gold, 1 Bronze Each
Sharm El Sheikh-Egypt, April 06, 2012: Korea Wins 3 Golds on 2nd Day of Competition at World Junior Championships; Germany Grabs 1st Ever Gold at World Junior Championships Korea clinched three gold medals on the second day of the 9th World Junior Taekwondo Championships at the Sharm El Sheikh Covered Hall in Sharm El Sheikh,…
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EURO’s five-star final tournament wins
Switzerland, April 06, 2012: five star final, Sometimes there is only ever going to be one winner – and UEFA.com looks back on the four occasions in EURO finals history when a team has won by a five-goal margin. Competitive, tough-to-call fixtures have always been a hallmark of the UEFA European Championship, but there have…
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5th National Women Judo Championships 2012 – Rawalpindi
(Peshawar-Pakistan) April 06, 2012: Pakistan Judo Federation in collaboration with Pakistan Army Sports Directorate at last going to start the Mega Women Judo Sports event i.e. 5th Women National Judo Championship-2012 by tomorrow on April 7th, 2012 at Pakistan Army Sports Directorate, Gymnasium No:03, RAWALPINDI. In this event, besides the THREE Provinces, Islamabad, FATA, Thirteen…
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Jeff Crowe to complete half-century of Tests as match referee
Dubai – April 06, 2012: Jeff Crowe will become the fifth member of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees to complete a half-century of Tests. Mr Crowe will achieve the milestone on Saturday when he takes the field for the coin toss in Bridgetown for the first Test between the West Indies and…
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