WADA Approves Harmonized Protocols and Guidelines for Athlete Biological Passport The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) made significant advances in strengthening the global fight against doping through additional strategies during the Agency’s Executive Committee and Foundation Board Meetings held on December 1-2 in Stockholm, Sweden. “As WADA is celebrating its tenth anniversary, I am pleased that […]
Olympic silver medalist Hoang Anh Tuan said that he might retire from international competitions if he doesn’t win a gold in the men’s 56kg event at the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Laos next month. Tuan said that for him, the SEA Games is as important as the 2008 Beijing Olympics and added that he […]
Officials have set April 9-25, 2010 as the alternate date for the second Islamic Solidarity Games which were postponed due to the global swine flue epidemic. The new dates for the second edition of the games were approved by the Islamic Solidarity Games Federation in Riyadh. The Games will be held in Tehran, Ishafan and […]
MIYAKE Yoshinobu was born 70 years ago, 24. 11. 1939, The Japanese Olympic Champion is the member of the weightlifting Hall of Fame since 1993. His Olympic results – 1960 Silver 1964 Gold 1968 Gold He was world champion in 56 kg in 1962, and five times world champion in 60 kg.(1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, […]
With just 266 days to go before Singapore hosts the world’s first Youth Olympic Games (YOG), Lyo (pronounced as Leo) and Merly are ready to blaze the trail. The official mascots for the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games (Singapore 2010) were unveiled by Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports today. As […]