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FASANOC extends deadline
Suva :: Fiji Islands | 3 months ago
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Greece government increases sport funding
Athens :: Greece | 3 months ago
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37 Greek pair Christiana Giazitzidou (R) and Alexandra Tsiavou celebrate winning bronze at London 2012 [EPA] The Greek government has pledged to revise blanket cuts in funding for sport and allocate an extra $14.38 million to stop some beleaguered
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Government will save wrestling from Olympic axe, feels Vijay
New Delhi :: India | 3 months ago
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42 New Delhi: Wrestling`s axing from Olympics is unfair, feels London Games silver-medallist shooter Vijay Kumar, who is confident that the Indian government will do all it can to save the sport from being completely dropped from the 2020 roster. "
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Wrestlers don't intend to roll over
Las Vegas :: NV :: USA | 3 months ago
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After the International Olympic Committee recently ruled it no longer considers amateur wrestling a "core sport," that beginning in 2020 Grecos and Romans and freestylers of every ilk will have to petition for inclusion into the Games (and good luck
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Sao Paulo confirmed as South American Cup winners
Buenos Aires :: Argentina | 3 months ago
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Sao Paulo have been confirmed as South American Cup winners two months after the final against Argentine rivals Tigre had to be abandoned following allegations of violence. The Brazilian side were officially declared winners after an investigation
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THOMASSON: Romney the man to wrestle the IOC
Salt Lake City :: UT :: USA | 3 months ago
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Romney the man to wrestle the IOC Posted February 22, 2013 at 12:01 a.m...Even played by professionals, it seems a stretch as an Olympic sport. Not so with wrestling, a core sport of both the ancient and modern Games. But if the International Olympic
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Threat of Olympic axe was a wake-up call for us: Negre
New Delhi :: India | 3 months ago
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The International Hockey Federation today said that it was taken by "surprise" by the scare the game had to go through regarding its Olympic status, with its president Leandro Negre saying that the threat to omit the sport from the Games is a wake-up
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Indian athletes to miss out on two Asian events
Nanjing :: China | 3 months ago
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Indian athletes are likely to miss out on two important upcoming Asian sporting events as a result of the confusion and power struggle following the Indian Olympic [ Images ] Association's suspension by the IOC. The accreditation process for the
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'Solid progress' in 2016 Games preparation
São Paulo :: Brazil | 3 months ago
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Solid progress' in 2016 Games preparation Jacques Rogge, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), center, hands the Olympic flag to Mayor of Rio de Janeiro Eduardo Paes, right, as Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, left, looks on during
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Olympics: Medallists urged to lobby IOC for wrestling
Tōkyō :: Japan | 3 months ago
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Japanese wrestling chiefs have urged Olympic medallists the world over to join forces to save their sport from the chop at the 2020 Games. Tokyo he had proposed the lobbying plan in letters to all executives of the organisation. The medallists,
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