Tag: rob fawdon
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Minas Gerais local sees revolutionary ‘magic spray’
Belo Horizonte, Brazil, July 7, 2014: Belo Horizonte, The revolutionary spray used to keep a defensive wall 10 yards [9.15 metres] from the ball during free-kicks has made its mark on the global football stage at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, 14 years after it was first used in the Copa Belo Horizonte 2000 –…
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Netball World Cup 2019
Liverpool, England, June 30, 2014: England Netball, in partnership with Liverpool City Council, UK Sport and ACC Liverpool has today submitted a bid to the International Netball Federation [INF] to host the Netball World Cup 2019. At the heart of the bid is the stunning ACC Liverpool complex, located on a single World Heritage waterfront…
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UCI President and DG meet IOC President
London, June 12, 2014: Cycling Council, The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) President Brian Cookson and Director General Martin Gibbs yesterday met with Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Director General Christophe De Kepper at the IOC headquarters in Lausanne (Switzerland) ahead of a two-day UCI Management Committee meeting which is also…
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Belo Horizonte as the city 2014 FIFA World Cup
Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 8 June 2014: Dilma Rousseff, President of Brazil, today praised Belo Horizonte as a city with ‘quality’ that will provide a ‘warm welcome’ for the many tourists that will visit during the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The young and dynamic capital of Minas Gerais, the country’s fastest growing state, will host six…
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UCI and IOC Agree Cycling Qualification Systems for Rio 2016 Olympic Games
London, May 7, 2014: After a detailed review process which started in August 2013 between the UCI and the International Olympic Committee [IOC], the qualification systems for the four cycling disciplines that will feature at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games [Road, Track, BMX and Mountain Bike] have now been agreed. The qualification systems are based…