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Doha to Host the 12th FINA World Swimming Championships [25m] in 2014
By: John Zerafa: Doha, Qatar, April 4, 2012: FINA, together with the Qatar Olympic Committee and the Qatar Swimming Federation, has the pleasure to announce that following the decision of the FINA Bureau, the City of Doha (QAT) has been awarded the organisation of the 12th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m), in December 2014. “We…
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Robert Lewandowski’s guide to Warsaw
Switzerland, April 04, 2012: Borussia Dortmund’s Robert Lewandowski takes us around his home town of Warsaw, from its steaks to its beaches, and promises that fans will have plenty of things to do this summer. Robert Lewandowski made his name at KKS Lech Poznań but it is Warsaw he calls home. He was born in…
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United Nations Special Adviser on Sport Re-appointed for a Fifth Year
Geneva, April 04, 2012: United Nations Special Adviser, At the end of February, Wilfried Lemke accompanied UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to Zambia in his capacity as his Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace. The visit capped off a busy and successful year for Mr. Lemke, who soon after received an extension of his…
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Wallaby Stars Get Behind Pacific in Union Programme
Dublin, Ireland, April 04, 2012: Wallaby Stars Get Behind, Wallabies Will Genia, Radike Samo, Digby Ioane and Ben Tapuai have been selected as Ambassadors for the Pacific in Union programme, a new tripartite initiative between Australian Rugby Union, the International Rugby Board and the Australian Government. Pacific in Union is a part of the Pacific Sports…
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FEI WORLD CUP™ JUMPING – NORTH AMERICAN LEAGUE ROUND-UP
By Louise Parkes, NORTH AMERICAN LEAGUE, The 2011/2012 North American FEI World Cup™ Jumping qualifying leagues concluded last weekend at Tampa in Florida (USA), yielding a star-studded selection of contenders for the 34th Rolex FEI World Cup™ Jumping Final at ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands which is now only two weeks away. Two separate leagues take place on…
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Annual “Sochi 2014 Teacher” Contest Launched
The Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee, in partnership with the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, has announced the launch of the annual All-Russian “Sochi 2014 Teacher” Contest. Its main objective is to give the country’s teachers the opportunity to contribute to the development of Olympic education through the development and implementation of…
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Qatar Schools Olympic Program enters final showdown
By John Zerafa-Doha, Qatar, April 04, 2012: The Fifth Edition of the Qatar Schools Olympic Program, organised by the Qatar Olympic Committee [QOC], reaches an exciting conclusion this week with a two-day Finals Festival at the Aspire Academy of Sports Excellence in Doha (Thursday 5th and Friday 6th April). The Finals will see over 2,200…
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Two world records highlight blistering night on track, Aussies maximise surprise opportunity in men’s team sprint
blistering night, Two world records and a gold medal in the final event of the program for home nation Australia highlighted an action packed first day of the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships at Melbourne’s Hisense Arena. With four gold medals on offer, Great Britain topped the medal tally taking out the men’s team…
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WTF General Assembly Approves 4 New Members to Increase Global Membership
Seoul-Korea, April 04, 2012: The World Taekwondo Federation approved four new members at its General Assembly in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt on April 3, 2012 to increase its global membership to 201. The approved new full member countries are the Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Palau and Seychelles. With the new additions, the WTF ranks…
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FIG Artistic Gymnastics Individual Apparatus World Cup Zibo City
LAUSANNE (SUI), April 4, 2012: The first and only Artistic Gymnastics Individual Apparatus category A Word Cup in 2012 will be held on April 7 – 8 in Zibo City (CHN). Organisers of the Chinese Gymnastics Association will welcome some fifty gymnasts representing 23 nations to the Zibo Sports Center Gymnasium in the coastal province…
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