REFEREES CLINIC IN CAIRO, EGYPT 18th -20th MARCH 2010 IWF appointed technical expert mr. Taisto Kuoppala from Finland conducted a three day referees clinic for African weightlifting referees. The venue Cataract Pyramids Resort was the same as the venue for African Junior and Youth Weightlifting Championships. The participants – 19 in total – represented 7 […]
There is a total of seven and a half million tickets to be sold for the Olympics and Paralympics. The total revenue needed to be raised is £441 million. If five million tickets are sold at £50 each, raising £250 million, that leaves the remaining 2.5 million tickets needing to raise £190 million – that’s […]
The deadline – 30th March 2010 – is fast approaching for the nomination of Technical Officials (referees and doctors) to the 4 major events of the year 2010! National Federations are herewith reminded to send the Nomination Form which includes the following events:– 2010 Junior World Championships (Sofia – BUL)– 2010 University World Championships (Taichung […]
A majestic ceremony of lights, dance and fireworks opened the 9th South American Games in Medellin, Colombia. The delegations that will compete in 31 sports paraded around the track of the Atanasio Girardot Stadium. Some 3500 athletes representing 15 countries are slated to compete. Olympic champion of Colombia, Maria Isabel Urrutia passed the South American […]
Weightlifting Federation of Nigeria (NWF) has warned weightlifters against smearing the image of the country through doping as the contingent departs for Cairo for the Olympic qualifiers. Secretary of the federation Uche Onwumeh told that the board of the NWF has sounded it loud and clear that it would not take it kindly with any […]