VOLLEYBALL
Golden era for Iran as men's team pick ninth Asian gold
TEHRAN,
May 2, 2013 – After nine days OF 42 matches among 13 teams across Asia, The
2013 Asian Men’s Club Volleyball Championship ended last weekend. Kaleh team of
IRAN the winners of the title qualified for the world ... |
FOOTBALL
CECAFA encourages peace in Darfur, thinks about Somalia
MOGADISHU, May 1, 2013 - The council of east and Central Africa football associations (CECAFA) is taking this year’s CECAFA kagame club cup to the war-ravaged Sudanese regions of Darfur and Gordofan in a bid to encourage peace and football development ... |
MONGOLIA
Four Mongolians benefit from Sochi 2014 Athletes scholarshi
ULAANBAATAR, May 1, 2013 - Dr.Demchigjav Zagdsuren , NOC President , has received Olympic Solidarity's "Sochi-2014" Athletes scholarship holders and awarded them firstgrants.Four mongolian male and female cross country skiers are taking part in ... |
PYEONGCHANG 2018
PyeongChang 2018 to Unveil Official Olympic Emblem
PYEONGCHANG,May 1, 2013 - The PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (POCOG) will launch its official emblem in a joint ceremony set to take place in PyeongChang and Seoul, the capital of the Republic ... |
FOOTBALL
AFC elections herald new era in Asian football
LONDON, May 1, 2013 - Asian football goes to the polls in
Kuala Lumpur tomorrow fighting all of yesterday’s battles at a time when the
confederation needs to be looking forward after desperate years of dislocation.
Asia’s ... |
FIFA
FIFA Executive Committee member provisionally banned
ZURICH, May 1, 2013 -Statement of the chairmen of the two chambers of the FIFA Ethics Committee:At the request of Michael J. Garcia (chairman of the investigatory chamber of the Ethics Committee), Hans-Joachim Eckert (chairman of the adjudicatory chamber ... |
FILA
Wrestling to meet, make changes in Moscow Extraordinary Congress
VEVEY, Switzerland, May 1, 2013 - FILA, the international federation for wrestling, will hold an Extraordinary Congress May 18 in Moscow to discuss and make changes in the sport in its effort to keep wrestling ... |
FOOTBALL
ISL report says 'no action' but Havelange quits as honorary president
ZURICH, April 30, 2013 - No discipinary action is recommended by FIFA judge Hans-Joachim
Eckert against anyone over the ISL scandal which has shrouded the world
federation’s existence over the past decade.
This is not because senior directors were ... |
SLOVAK REPUBLIC
Jubilee of the Slovak Athlete of the Year
Bratislava, May 2, 2013 - Slovak Republic is 20 years
old and the same age has the Slovak sports journalist´s poll „Athlete of the
Year“. This poll is officially organized by the Slovak NSWA since 1993. However,
this ... |
FILA
FILA Announces New Advertising Campaign
LAUSANNE, April 30, 2013 - Mr. Nenad Lalovic, Acting President of FILA, the international federation of the sport of wrestling, today announced a new advertising campaign for the federation. The interactive campaign will run in various print and ... |
SPORT WORLD NEWS
Boxing News launches media news app
LONDON, April 30, 2013 - As Floyd Mayweather prepares for his eagerly-anticipated return to the ring, Boxing News has created a FREE news sample app for media to experience the digital side of our brand.As well as a look as to what has made ... |
RUGBY
Sam Warburton to lead British and Irish Lions tour Downunder
LONDON, April 30, 2013 - Sam Warburton,who led Wales to the semi finals of Rugby World Cup in 2011,has been named as captain of the 2013 British and Irish Lions for their three Test tour of Australia in June and July.Warburton did not ... |
SPORT WORLD NEWS
Frenchman Schlesser, Spaniard Coma sizzle in Qatar desert
DOHA: After four days of grueling
competition in the south of the country, Frenchman Jean-Louis Schlesser,
Spaniard Marc Coma and Pole Rafal Sonik claimed victories in their
respective car, motorcycle and quad ... |
FIFA
2013 FIFA Congress agenda published
The complete agenda for the 2013 FIFA Congress has now been published on FIFA.com.The Congress agenda includes several points in relation to FIFA’s governance reform process:· Point 12 of the agenda is an update on the reforms which were ... |
ATHLETICS
Farah targets European Athletics Team Championships
LAUSANNE, April 30, 2013 - It is just under two
months until the European Athletics Team Championships in Gateshead and the
host nation can bank on their star man.
Mo Farah, the double
Olympic champion, has ... |
NEPAL
Nepal thrashed by USA
KATHMANDU, April 30, 2013 - Steven Taylor's devastating knock of 162 runs helped USA thrash title favourites Nepal by 94 runs in their opening match of the ICC World Cricket League Division 3 in Bermuda.The loss also brought an end to ... |
SOCHI WINTER OLYMPICS 2014
Sochi 2014 brings 2012-2013 Test Events season to a close
SOCHI, April 30, 2013 - On April 28, 2013 the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee will bring the series of 2012-2013 season Test Events to a close with the final matches of the Ice Hockey U18 World Championship. The organizers have now staged 20 international ... |
TABLE TENNIS
2013 World Table Tennis Championships Media Guide unveiled
LAUSANNE, April 30, 2013 - The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has released the
official media guide for the LIEBHERR 2013 World Table Tennis
Championships to be held in Paris, France on 13-20 May 2013.
... |
ATHLETICS
European Athletics mourns passing of Marianna Zachariadi
LAUSANNE, April 30, 2013 - Marianna Zachariadi, one of Europe's most promising pole
vaulters who had competed for both Greece and Cyprus, has died at the
tragically young age of just 23.Zachariadi, who won silver in the Commonwealth Games in New ... |
