Tag: SportAccord
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Hein, Hassan Al Thawadi and Alessandro
Doha – Qatar, Dec18: The International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS) has announced today that Hein Verbruggen (President of SportAccord), will speak at Securing Sport 2013, the leading international sport security and integrity conference. As part of the ICSS’s mission to drive new thinking in sport, safety, security and integrity, Mr. Verbruggen will join experts…
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World Combat Games, Media Workshop
Saint-Petersburg – Russia, Sept 16, 2012: From October 18 to 26, 2013, the second edition of the World Combat Games will be organized by SportAccord and the Russian Union of Martial Art (RUMA), in the city of Saint-Petersburg. After the first edition, which was held in Beijing in 2010, Judo will be present again in…
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FIG, ICU and Sportaccord sign Trilateral Agreement
Lausanne – Switzerland, Sept 10, 2012: Trilateral, The agreement finalizing the terms and conditions under which the FIG supports the principle for the admission of the International Cheer Union (ICU) into SportAccord has now been signed by all of the three parties involved: SportAccord, the ICU and the FIG. The final signature was added at…
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World Champion Nick Matthew Leads Squash Presentation At SportAccord
London-UK, May 25, 2012: World Squash Federation President N Ramachandran, supported by England’s world champion Nick Matthew and Pakistan’s leading female player Maria Toor Pakay, were in attendance at SportAccord in Quebec to promote Squash’s campaign to become an Olympic Sport. As well as holding meetings with the International Olympic Committee and IOC members, the…
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IPC Unveils IPC Academy Campus 2012 today at SportAccord
Bonn-Germany, May 24, 2012: IPC Academy Campus, The International Paralympic Committee (IPC), the global governing body of the Paralympic Movement, unveiled its learning environment developed for the London 2012 Paralympic Games today (24 May) at SportAccord in Quebec, Canada. The IPC Academy Campus 2012 is a new IPC initiative to provide a learning focus and…
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ATR Newsmaker Breakfast Québec City
(Québec City) – Canada, May 22, 2012: SportAccord delegates in Québec City can hear from some of the world’s best Olympic beat reporters on issues such as possible new sports and the shortlist for the 2020 Games at the Around the Rings Newsmaker Breakfast Thursday, May 24. Stephen Wilson of the AP, Hiroki Shoda of…
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FIG Executive Committee Ordinary Meeting at St Petersburg
Lausanne (SUI) &St Petersburg (RUS) / FIG Office, May 18, 2012: Summary of the main decisions and information released by the FIG Executive Committee at its ordinary meeting of May 16 – 17, 2012, in St Petersburg (RUS), at the Sokos Olympic Garden Hotel. • In the future, the Women’s Artistic judge Elena Kuznetsova (former…