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Top Players Lead WSF Ambassador Programme to Malawi & Nambia
Malaysia’s record six-time world squash champion Nicol David will lead this year’s WSF Ambassador Programme visit to Malawi and Namibia, from 7-13 June, accompanied by Egypt’s former world junior champion Mohamed El Shorbagy. The Ambassador Programme international promotional initiative was launched by the World Squash Federation last year – taking two of the world’s leading players,…
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IRB Chairman Excited by Tokyo’s HSBC Sevens World Series Opportunity
World Series Opportunity, IRB Chairman Bernard Lapasset believes that Tokyo’s hosting of an HSBC Sevens World Series event will have long-term benefits for the growth of Rugby throughout Japan and across Asia. The record-breaking Series will return to Japan’s capital for the first time since 2001 and, judging by advance ticket sales and fever-pitch interest,…
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ITTF; Racket Control Regulations to be Changed
Racket Control Regulations, The ITTF Board of Directors Meeting was held today 29 March 2012 at Westfallenhallen Congress Centre in Dortmund. Here are the main decisions: Junior Championships: The next World Junior Table Tennis Championships will be organised in Shanghai, China in 2014, and in Vendée, France in 2015. Racket control: Racket control shall be…
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UEFA EURO 2012 Host Broadcast Talent Programme
Switzerland, March 30, 2012: UEFA’s Host Broadcast Talent Programme for UEFA EURO 2012 in Poland and Ukraine – in which some 230 local students are being given the chance to work at the final tournament – is gathering pace with the training programme well under way. The training phase of the project is preparing all…
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Same Finalists in Dortmund 2012 as Moscow 2010
Dortmund 2012, Host country Germany had excelled this afternoon before a sold out crowd of 10,000 in Westfalenhallen Dortmund. Despite the loss of Patrick Baum against Seiya Kishikawa, Germany did not tremble. Timo Boll and his teammates got the better of Japan’s Jun Mizutani and his team 3-1. China easily won against Korea Republic 3-0.…
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FIBA Europe Opposes Violence in Basketball
Munich-Germany, March 31, 2012: Opposes Violence, The FIBA Europe Executive Committee has issued a statement, reacting to the incidents around the game between Galatasaray and Fenerbahce at the EuroLeague Women Final Eight. In a meeting on Saturday morning, the committee discussed the events that took place on Thursday evening. The violent incidents between supporters of both…
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Burundi Children Meets Timo Boll & Dimitrij Ovtcharov
Burundi Children, Victory over Sweden on Friday 30 March 2012 was followed immediately by a visit from the German table tennis stars Timo Boll and Dimitrij Ovtcharov to meet the children from Burundi who were in Dortmund as part of the “Ping Pong Paix” project. The stars spent some time with the children, and served as…
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The INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL DEVELOPMENT EXPO 2012/AMSTERDAM
FOOTBALL DEVELOPMENT EXPO, AIPS members have the opportunity to register for free for the THE INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL DEVELOPMENT EXPO 2012 to be held on December 12-13, 2012 at the RAI Convention Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands. AIPS has signed a partnership with the organisers of The INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL DEVELOPMENT EXPO 2012/AMSTERDAM 2012 EVENT, where 6 events will take…
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23rd Acrobatic Gymnastics & 7th Acrobatic Gymnastics World Age Group
LAUSANNE (SUI), April 01, 2012: The nominative registration for the 23rd Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships in Lake Buena Vista, Florida (USA), has been completed. Those scheduled to compete April 16-18 at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex’s HP Field House, located at Walt Disney World Resort, for the right to call themselves the world’s…
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Decision of the ITF Board of Directors regarding the Hopman Cup
London, March 30, 2012: Decision Hopman Cup, The ITF Board of Directors, at its meeting today in Vienna, endorsed the recommendation of the Hopman Cup Board for the ITF to continue to manage the tournament, through its subsidiary Hopman Cup Pty. Ltd., to the conclusion of its existing contract with Tourism Western Australia through the 2014…
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