The Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) today marked the centenary of its country’s active involvement in the Olympic Movement by announcing the creation of the Kano Jigoro Memorial International Sport Institute in Tokyo. The Institute, inaugurated exactly 100 years after Jigoro Kano became the first International Olympic Committee (IOC) member from Asia, will promote the values […]
Due to the situation of A(H1N1) influenza around the world, the Chinese Olympic Committee asked the Chinese Weightlifting Association to reconsider the organization of the IWF Grand Prix this year. Finally the Chinese Weightlifting Association decided to cancel the IWF Grand Prix for 2009. Plans to organise this Grand Prix next year have, however, not been […]
About 10,000 people in the capital city of Hanoi took part in a walk to welcome the upcoming 3rd Asian Indoor Games (AIG), to be held in Vietnam for the first time. Before the walk, Culture, Sports and Tourism Deputy Minister and the AIG 3 Vice Chairman Nguyen Danh Thai handed the flag and the […]
On Saturday 23rd May, at the Annual Sports Awards held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, champion weightlifter Dika Toua won for the sixth consecutive year the Sportswoman of the Year award. The Gala Event at the Crown Plaza was attended by 500 VIP guests from Government, Corporate Sponsors, and Sporting Organizations. Dika Toua, many […]