Category: OTHER SPORTS
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The Youngest Ever, Japanese Prodigy Rewrites History, Not Once but Twice
By Ian Marshall, Switzerland, April 20, 2012: Japanese Prodigy, Winner of the Junior Girls’ Singles title at the Chinese Taipei Junior and Cadet Open on Sunday 18th September 2011, Mima ITO wrote history; she became the youngest ever winner on the ITTF Junior Circuit. She secured the title just one month prior to her eleventh…
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Rolex FEI World Cup™ Jumping Final 2011/2012
By Louise Parkes, April 20, 2012: The oldest horse in the competition, the 16-year-old Irish-bred Flexible, won the first leg of the Rolex FEI World Cup™ Final 2011/2012 for America’s Rich Fellers at the Brabanthalle in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands tonight. Living up to his name, the stallion’s super-tight turn to the double of verticals at…
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Top media representatives to join the debate at the UNWTO Conference on Tourism and the Media
Madrid-Spain, April 20, 2012: UNWTO Conference, Time Magazine and The Huffington Post are among the top media outlets scheduled to take part in the 2nd UNWTO International Conference on Tourism and the Media. The event, which also counts on the presence of The Independent, Deutsche Welle TV and Ogilvy Mather PR will focus on how tourism…
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ASC Girls Netball Coaching, Development & Tournament Program
Karachi-Pakistan, April 20, 2012: Mudassar Arain, Secretary General, PNF has informed that Pakistan Netball Federation is organizing the ASC Girls Netball Coaching, Development & Tournament Program 2012 at Fiaz Ahmed Fiaz School, Lodhran from 23rd to 25th April 2012 with collaboration of Australian Sports Commission & LSRI. The main aims of this program to fulfill…
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Jorgensen first into the ring at Reem Acra FEI World Cup™ Dressage Final
By Louise Parkes, April 19, 2012: The draw for the Grand Prix, the opening competition of the Reem Acra FEI World Cup™ Dressage 2011/2012 Final, took place at the Brabanthalle in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, this afternoon. And Denmark’s Lone Jorgensen got an early surprise when pulling her own name out of the hat as first…
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UNWTO Affiliate Members elect new Board and Chairman
Madrid-Spain, April 19, 2012: UNWTO’s over 400 Affiliate Members, including some of the world’s leading tourism organizations and companies, have elected their new Board and Chairman for the period 2012-2013 (UNWTO Affiliate). UNWTO Affiliate UNWTO Affiliate In line with a new electoral process, 23 members were elected to the UNWTO Board of Affiliate Members. The Association of…
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Hemeryck to Lead the way in Rolex FEI World Cup™ Jumping Final Opening Leg
By: Louise Parkes, April 19, 2012: Belgium’s Rik Hemeryck will be pathfinder as the Rolex FEI World Cup™Jumping Final 2011/2012 gets underway at the Brabanthalle in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands tomorrow. The draw for the opening Speed class took place this evening, and the order-of-go is as follows: 1, Quarco de Kerambars (Rik Hemeryck) BEL; 2, Carisma…
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New AIBA Women’s World Ranking revealed
Lausanne, Switzerland, 19 April 2012 – The International Boxing Association is very pleased to announce today its brand new Womens World Ranking. In a historic year for Women’s boxing, with the discipline making its debut at the Olympic Games in London, AIBA wanted to further promote the development of the sport by offering a points…
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First two entries confirmed for 2012 Olympic Tennis Event
London, April 18, 2012: The ITF today confirmed the first two entries for the 2012 Olympic Tennis Event after Tripartite Commission Invitation places were allocated in the women’s singles to Stephanie Vogt of Liechtenstein and Veronica Cepede Royg of Paraguay. The Olympic Tennis Event will take place at the All England Club, Wimbledon on 28…
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Reigning Olympic Champions will Not Defend Titles in London
By Ian Marshall, April 18, 2012: China’s MA Lin and ZHANG Yining, the winners of the respective Men’s and Women’s Singles titles at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games will not defend their titles in London later this year in July. ZHANG Yining, now 31 years old, retired from international play following her victory in the…