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UN General Assembly breaks first world record of the London 2012 Games
Press Release UNOSDP, 17 October 2011, New York/Geneva: Sport was on the agenda of the UN General Assembly in New York today (UN General Assembly breaks first world record).
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Final results of ITF Super-Seniors WTC, Turkey 2011.
ITF Press Release Oct 16, 2011: Please find below the final results from the 2011 ITF Super Seniors WTC World Team C’ships in Antalya, Turkey.
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Football legend Zidane to visit Mali to promote anti-poverty efforts.
Bamako/Geneva/New York (UNDP) — In his tenth year as Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), football Football legend Zidane superstar Zinédine Zidane is to visit the West African nation of Mali next week to highlight the country’s efforts to cut poverty.
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Gill vows to promote ‘Asian Football Against Hunger’ campaign
AFC Media Release, Sunday, 16 October 2011: The ‘Asian Football Against Hunger’ Ambassador Kathryn Gill has vowed to spread the good word about AFC and UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)’s joint fight against hunger (Asian Football Hunger Ambassador Kathryn Gill). The reigning AFC Women’s Player of the Year Kathryn Gill will headline the campaign…
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EXCITING SHOWDOWN AT TOKYO WORLDS, Apparatus Finals Day 2 (CIII)
TOKYO (JPN), FIG Office, October 16, 2011: Spectators at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium today saw the 43rd Artistic Gymnastics World Championships conclude with the second day of Apparatus Finals. Five exciting events were on the programme: the men on Vault, Parallel Bars and Horizontal Bar, and the women on Beam and Floor (EXCITING SHOWDOWN TOKYO WORLDS).
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History of Judo and the Kodokan. Episode -2
Courtesy by International Department of history Kodokan Judo Institute of Japan: Kata (Form): There are two principal ways of practicing Judo : Kata and Randori. Kata, which literally means “form,” is practiced following a formal system of prearranged exercise, while Randori, meaning “free exercise” is practiced freely. Kata of Judo is the best way of…
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Japan win AFC U-19 Women’s Championship, Zhang Jilong has congratulated for retaining.
AFC News, 16 October 2011: Japan comfortably claimed the AFC U 19 Womens Championship title as Kumi Yokoyama grabbed a hat-trick to highlight a 6-0 victory over Vietnam at Thong Nhat Stadium.
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Judo Grand Prix, Abu Dhabi 2011.
IJF News Abu Dahbi Oct 16, 2011: Today was the first day of competition at the Judo Grand Prix, Abu Dhabi 2011. Women’s -48, -52, -57kg and men’s -60 and -66kg. 61 countries are engaged in this third Grand Prix of the year. All the points are counting for the World Ranking List and for…
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Pakistan Women Netball team won Bronze Medal in the 1st South Asian Beach Games
Hambantota, Sri Lanka: 16th October 2011: Pakistan Women Netball team won Bronze Medal in the 1st South Asian Beach
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43rd Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, Apparatus Finals. CIII–Day 1
TOKYO (JPN), FIG Office, October 15, 2011: For some of this weekend’s Apparatus finalists competing at the 43rd Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, there is more at stake than the honour of a World medal. They are fighting for a ticket to the 2012 Olympic Games. Gymnasts whose countries do not qualify a full team for…
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