7th of June 2011 is the deadline to send your Final Entry Forms to participate in the 2011 IWF Junior World Championships to be held in Penang, Malaysia from 26 June to 7 July. You should send your application form (downloadable from the IWF website) to the address of the Organizing Committee: info@null2011wjwc.com and to […]
The Arafura Games, including Oceania Senior, Junior & Youth Championships were held in Darwin, Australia on 11-13th may 2011. The 3 days of competition attracted large crowd. 125 lifters competed during the Games and the Pacific Island lifters – who are based at the institute – achieved excellent results. Yukio Peter (Nauru) in the 77kg […]
Juan Antonio Samaranch, the former International Olympic Committee president who died last year, was the most influential sports executive of the last 20 years, according to the results of Sportcal’s poll 20 Years of Sport: Who Was the Most Influential? The results of the poll were unveiled at yesterday’s 20 Years of Sport event held […]
May 4th, the torch relay for the 26th Summer Universiade kicked-off at Peking University, marking the 100-day countdown to the opening of FISU’s main event. “I declare the start of the torch relay for the 26th Summer Universiade”, Li said after handing the torch to Xing Yan’an, a Peking University postgraduate who was the first […]
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today welcomed the progress being made on sport-related issues between the National Olympic Committees (NOCs) of Israel and Palestine following the second joint meeting between the two, held at the IOC headquarters in Lausanne. A complete analysis was made on the issue of free movement of Palestinian athletes. Measures for […]