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Handikappidrott, Sverige (3 news)
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VM i fara för Olsson
 Nya
Wermlands-Tidningen - 2010-06-12 07:34
HANDIKAPPIDROTT Hagforssimmaren
Anders Olsson har besvärats av nackproblem under den gångna säsongen. I
onsdags gjorde han en magnetröntgen och väntar nu på resultatet.
HANDIKAPPIDROTT Hagforssimmaren Anders Olsson har besvärats
av nackproblem under den gångna säsongen....Det är IPC, Internationella Paralympiska
kommittén, som beslutar om det går att omvandla svenska ...
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Röd skulptur dyraste gåvan
Dagens Nyheter
- 2010-06-12 06:40
Boråsarnas röda klänningsskulptur
med klonade grodor är den i särklass dyraste bröllopspresenten till
kronprinsessan Victoria och Daniel Westling. Men många kommuner avstår helt
från att ge presenter till brudparet.
I Västergötland, vilket är kronprinsessans hertigdöme, har kommunerna
skickat 5 000 kronor var till regionens Handikappidrottsförbund.
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Vi spelar Deus Ex: Human Revolution
GameReactor -
2010-06-11 12:06
Text: Deus Ex kan vara
spelvärldens största `one hit wonder`.
Hon tar upp aktuella exempel på vår tids `augmentationer` och hur
konflikterna redan börjat synas i exempelvis Paralympics där proteser
börjat klassas som fusk. `Spelet är satt i en tid då människan bryter upp
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Intl news (42 news)
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Meridian Club Think Tank for Senior Buyers proves a
great success
Travelio.net -
2010-06-12 06:53
World Travel Market, the premier
global event for the travel industry, last week launched its first executive
Think Tank programme for senior buyers in its Meridian Club.
Events such as the FIFA World Cup, the Olympics and Paralympics
Games and The Ashes are established travel products.
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Baroness Grey-Thompson to make her maiden speech
United Kingdom
Parliament - 2010-06-12 04:31
Baroness Grey-Thompson will make
her maiden speech in the House of Lords next week in a debate on preparations
for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The debate will take place on
Monday 14 June.
Baroness Grey-Thompson will make her maiden speech in the House of Lords
next week in a debate on preparations for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic
Games....The debate will take place on Monday 14 June.Audio and video: debate
on the preparations for the 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic...
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INSPIRING A DREAM: Celebrate our Olympians
Q97.5 EZ Rock -
2010-06-12 04:10
June, 2010 - 11:00pm Londoners can
mark their calendars for an evening of community pride and celebration at the
John Labatt Centre on Monday, June 21 at 7:30 p.m.
community event to honour the achievements of all local Olympic and Paralympic
athletes, and we are pleased to announce gold medalists Tessa Virtue and
Scott Moir are confirmed as two of the guests of honour.
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Paralympian Paul Martin set to release second book
US Olympic Team
- 2010-06-12 02:51
Paul has competed for the US
National Teams in triathlon, cycling, alpine skiing and hockey!
Paul has competed for the US National Teams in triathlon, cycling, alpine
skiing and hockey!A car accident claimed his left foot in 1992 and he has
since won cycling medals at the Athens Paralympics and has
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Emerging U.S. swimmers participate in 2010 Greek
Swimming Championships
US Olympic Team
- 2010-06-12 02:51
Colorado Springs, Colo., - The
2010 Greek Swimming Championships kicked off Friday in Athens, and a team of
emerging U.S. swimmers had a successful afternoon in competition. For many of
these athletes, this is their first international event.
The meet is being held at the 2004 Paralympic Games venue.
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Longtime educator inducted into Blind Athletes Hall
of Fame
Muskogee
Phoenix - 2010-06-12 01:32
? Stephen Kearney remembers being
curious on that first day when he stepped onto the campus for his first day
to work at the Oklahoma School for the Blind in Muskogee. ?I always wondered
where they kept the dogs,? he said.
He was the head coach of the gold medal-winning goalball team in the 1984 Paralympics
in New York....The Paralympics, held once every four years and two
weeks after the Olympics, are multi-sport events for ...
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2010 UCO Endeavor Games open Thursday
Edmund Evening
Sun - 2010-06-12 00:49
Staff Sgt. Danny Hill holds up
6-year-old Hanna Hewett, from Tahlequah, during a children's sitting
volleyball clinic in the Endeavor Games at the University of Central Oklahoma
Thursday afternoon.
The Endeavor Games, an annual paralympic event at UCO, will be
today through Sunday on campus and at Edmond North High School, Cheyenne
Middle School and Lake Arcadia....DREW HARMON | THE EDMOND SUN Cyclists round
a turn behind the University of Central Oklahoma Wellness Center Thursday
during a cycling clinic at the Endeavor Games, the annual paralympics...
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Miss Edmond LibertyFest wins preliminary titles
Edmund Evening
Sun - 2010-06-12 00:48
The Edmond Sun TULSA ? Miss Edmond
LibertyFest Emoly West won the first Preliminary Swimsuit title and a $300
cash scholarship at the Miss Oklahoma Scholarship Pageant Monday night.
Text Only Local News 2010 UCO Endeavor Games open Thursday The Endeavor
Games, an annual paralympic event at UCO, will be Friday through
Sunday on campus and at Edmond North High School, Cheyenne Middle
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Pinto and Jeong Win Boccia World Championships
International
Paralympic Committee - 2010-06-11 23:50
Ho Won Jeong and Dirceu Jose Pinto
were among the top winners at the 2010 Boccia World Championships in Lisbon,
Portugal.
Jeong also took the bronze medal in his class at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic
Games....Pinto also took the gold medal in his class at the Beijing Paralympics,
with Santos taking the bronze in 2008.
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Grads have lots to celebrate in 2010
Hope Standard -
2010-06-11 23:45
Graduates Lauren Wheeler, Linden
Willock and Shalyn Wilson celebrate at the 2010 Hope Secondary School
Commencements, held Saturday.
'It was with pride that we watched when our local citizens and students
participated in this journey?. ' From the lighting of the Paralympic
cauldron by local business owner Heather Stewin, to the
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Editorial on reduced spending was on target
Seacoast Online
- 2010-06-11 22:56
To the Editor: Kudos on your
recent editorial encouraging the New Hampshire General Court to reduce
spending in light of the current shortfall.
Recently, the students and staff of Lincoln Akerman School in Hampton
Falls had the fortune to have 2010 Vancouver Paralympics sled hockey
player Taylor Chace of Hampton Falls come in and talk about his
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Olympic plan to boost UK tourism
BBC -
2010-06-11 22:34
52 UK A new marketing campaign
fund worth £1bn to help British tourism make the most of the London 2012
Games has been announced by the culture secretary.
'Making sure we have a lasting tourism legacy from hosting the 2012
Olympic and Paralympic Games is one of the most pressing issues for
the industry, and a top priority for government too.
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Olympics: Motivating tired Games staff, volunteers
in late stages key to Vancouver's success, Vanoc tells Russia Paralympic
organizers
Vancouver Sun -
2010-06-11 21:41
KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia â After
the stress of seven years of intense planning, a financial meltdown,
problematic weather, a gruelling cross-country
euphoria of a final-day gold-medal hockey win, the staff and volunteers of
the Vancouver 2010 Olympics were emotionally drained.And then they had to
rally around and do it again for the Paralympics.That picture
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Rudge to head 2012 Grey Cup Committee
CFL Network -
2010-06-11 21:22
Chris H. Rudge was named Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer of the 2012 Grey Cup Festival which was awarded
to the city of Toronto and the Toronto Argonauts Football Club.
(Melbourne, Florida), Merrill Lynch Canada, the Vancouver Organizing
Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, the
National Ballet of Canada, the White Ribbon Campaign, the School of Graphic
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Come to the Carnival this weekend in Bury!
Ask Bury -
2010-06-11 20:52
A Rio street band and a fleet of
fantasy cars are just some of the highlights of this year?s Bury Lions
Carnival, taking place this Saturday, the 12 of June. The Carnival will have
a ?Made in Bury? theme, celebrating all things from the borough.
These include director Danny Boyle, whose films include ?Trainspotting?
?The Beach? and the muti Oscar winning ?Slumdog Millionaire, internationally
acclaimed rock band Elbow, and Gold medal-winning paralympic
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Tourism keynote speech
My Hospitality
- 2010-06-11 19:55
Jeremy Hunts keynote tourism
speech made at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy, Weymouth
on the 11th June 2010.
that hosting the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games leaves a lasting
tourism legacy for the whole country and not just London; * And secondly, to
give a once in a generation boost to domestic tourism by
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Munich 2018 Energised By Vancouver Debrief
Around The
Rings - 2010-06-11 19:51
The Munich 2018 Bid Committee left
the IOC Vancouver debrief in Sochi today armed with invaluable lessons that
will strengthen their bid to host the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter
Games.
The Munich 2018 Bid Committee left the IOC Vancouver debrief in Sochi
today armed with invaluable lessons that will strengthen their bid to host
the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.The Munich 2018 Bid
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Games legacy still growing
TH Online -
2010-06-11 19:21
Back in the day, the Summer Iowa Games
were one of the few places in Iowa to get a soccer tournament. No longer. The
sport is everywhere from Spencer to Davenport.
Hallihan said the ISF has made a concerted effort to make the Games
inclusive for physically disabled athletes and disabled Iowa military
veterans.
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Much to celebrate at the British Dressage AGM 2010
British
Dressage - 2010-06-11 18:35
Another tough economic year has
undoubtedly brought further challenges to those charged with the care of
British Dressage, yet there was still
Despite the economic caution it was reassuring to feel that the
organisation is in such safe hands as we look towards 2011 and an Olympics
and Paralympics on home soil; there is certainly much to
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Sochi, London and Rio learn lessons from Vancouver
London 2012 -
2010-06-11 18:32
Reach for your atlas ? preferably
a big one ? and look in the index for Sochi. You'll find it on one of the
less well-thumbed pages, in the south west of Russia on the Black Sea coast,
near the border with Georgia.
Indeed, a survey of visitors showed that although the sports programme
was, of course, highly popular, the most highly rated success factor was the
atmosphere of being in an Olympic and Paralympic Host City.
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2010 Goalball National Champions Named
US Olympic Team
- 2010-06-11 17:53
(Newark, Delaware) In an exciting
defensive battle, the Blind Sports Organization (BSO) Venom clinched their
organization's sixth national
Culminating the tournament was the induction of the 1984 Men's Paralympic
Goalball Team into USABA's Hall of Fame as part of the Hall's inaugural
class.
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4th IBSA World Championships and Games
US Olympic Team
- 2010-06-11 17:53
Dates: April 1-10, 2010 Location:
Anatalya, Turkey Sports we will enter as Team USA: Athletics (Track and
Field) Goalball (based on prior Paralympic
Athletics (Track and Field) Goalball (based on prior Paralympic.
...qualification status) Judo Powerlifting Swimming Qualification Standards:
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Three silvers for Great Britain at Boccia World
Championships
More than the
games - 2010-06-11 17:44
GREAT Britain scooped three silver
medals at the CPISRA Boccia World Championships in Lisbon - but performance
manager Matt Hammond insists there is plenty more to come before London 2012.
Nigel Murray, pictured celebrating at the Beijing Paralympics, wins
one of three silver medals for Great Britain at the World Championships ()
Brothers Peter and Stephen McGuire collected silver in the
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Premier Farnell honoured to receive Platinum level
in the Business in the Community Corporate Responsibility Index with a score
of 96%
Premier Farnell
- 2010-06-11 17:35
Increased commitment throughout
the recession has been rewarded by UK's leading industry benchmark of
corporate responsibility9 June 2010 - London -
The Company has developed it own award-winning biodegradable packaging for
electronic components and has recently sponsored three disabled athletes
around the globe who each have aspirations of
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UK Culture Secretary Announces Marketing Plan for
2012
Travel Agent -
2010-06-11 17:34
Culture Secretary, James Hunt, ,
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'Making sure we have a lasting tourism legacy from hosting the 2012
Olympic and Paralympic Games is one of the most pressing issues for
the industry, and a top priority for government, too,' he said.
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The G8 invasion begins
Huntsville
Forester - 2010-06-11 17:23
EMSDALE Ââ?? Air traffic at the
Emsdale airport has temporarily come to a halt while a crew with elite
military capabilities has moved in.
They most recently provided air surveillance security during the Olympic
and Paralympics Games in British Columbia.
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London 2012 sticks with sponsor BP despite
escalating crisis
Marketing Week
- 2010-06-11 17:06
London 2012 chiefs are continuing
to back Games partner BP despite the oil giant being the subject of
international condemnation following the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Despite the mounting crisis, a spokesman for London Organising Committee
of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (Locog) says that the oil
company remains a ?valued? partner. ?Whilst a team of specialists
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Opening Ceremony a success - fans
Business Day -
2010-06-11 16:58
Business Day reporters based at
Soccer City say the opening ceremony appeared to go off well.
2002 Paralympics Winter Games as part of the planning.
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Dame Kelly...
Tri247.com -
2010-06-11 16:41
Tuesday (8th June) saw the launch
of the SUSO Open Water Children's Triathlon The event, which is set to
inspire young people to take on the
Dorney Lake is also the venue for the Rowing and Kayak events in the
Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2012.
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Literacy and numeracy skills challenged through
FIFA World Cup
Skills Active -
2010-06-11 16:22
SkillsActive - 11/06/10
SkillsActive has launched a new online resource to encourage the UK to brush
up on their literacy, language and numeracy skills during the 2010 FIFA World
Cup.
skills through international sporting events since February when it
launched a daily online quiz focusing on the Vancouver winter Olympic and Paralympic
Games.
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Area athletes earn grants
Daily Gleaner -
2010-06-11 16:04
Husband and wife wheelchair
basketball players Dave Durepos and his wife, Sabrina Pettinicchi Durepos
were each awarded $4,000 from the New Brunswick
In order to be eligible, athletes must compete in a sports discipline
recognized in major competitions such as the Olympic Games, Paralympic
Games, or world championships.
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Singapore Grand Prix Introduces Iconic Italian Acts
For Formula One Event
PaddockTalk -
2010-06-11 15:48
Upping the S$5 million
entertainment ante for the 2010 FORMULA 1 SINGTEL SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX,
Singapore GP is introducing two iconic Italian acts to the night race for the
first time.
Studio Festi have performed at major festivals and sporting events
globally including the Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games.
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£1 billion PR and marketing campaign lined-up to
promote tourism around 2012 Olympics
PR Week UK -
2010-06-11 15:35
Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics,
Media and Sport Jeremy Hunt will today outline plans to promote UK tourism
around the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics with the launch of a marketing and
public relations fund believed to be worth £1 billion.
Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport Jeremy Hunt will
today outline plans to promote UK tourism around the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics
with the launch of a marketing and public relations
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Sophie's sheer class
Horsemart -
2010-06-11 13:58
A leading para-equestrian dressage
rider from Newark, Nottingham outshone other sporting stars by winning a
Sports Performance Award.
Despite being only 20 Sophie has already enjoyed considerable sporting
success, in 2008 she became the National Grade IV Champion and was also
selected as first reserve for the Paralympics.
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News: VisitBritain launches 2012 Olympic plan
BreakingTravelNews
- 2010-06-11 13:55
Tourism organisation VisitBritain
has outlined plans to work with secretary of state Jeremy Hunt to deliver the
?best marketing strategy ever seen from a host nation? to promote tourism
around the 2012 London Olympics.
New VisitBritian chief executive officer, Sandie Dawe, said: ?We are
delighted our new Secretary of State has prioritised the delivery of a
lasting tourism legacy from our hosting of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic
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Polo Ralph Lauren Presents the First Ever Legends
Clinic Featuring Boris Becker in Celebration of the Renewal of its Global
Partnership With The Wimbledon Championships
FinanzNachrichten.de
- 2010-06-11 13:29
/PRNewswire/ -- - With Photo
continues its global partnership with The All England Club, Wimbledon as the
Official Outfitter of The Wimbledon Championships until 2014.
Olympic and Paralympic Teams at the London 2012 Olympic Games. also
sponsors an elite roster of professional golfers, as well as the Blackwatch
Polo Team.
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Australia beat US in wheelchair rugby
The Sydney
Morning Herald - 2010-06-11 10:57
AAP Australia's wheelchair rugby
team has snapped the United States' two-year winning streak in the second
match of their series in Alabama.
top-ranked Americans on Thursday, inflicting the reigning Paralympic
Games champions' first loss since June, 2008.
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Daily Press crowned best of the South West
Hold The Front
Page - 2010-06-11 10:33
The paper's editor Andy Wright
retired in March and has since been succeeded by Tim Dixon - but Andy's last
year in charge earned the WDP the biggest prize in South West journalism.
The award was collected from special guest and paralympic swimmer
Ellie Simmonds on his behalf by his news editor, James Garnett, who relayed
the news to Carl by mobile phone.
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Former Evening Standard editor appointed to exploit
London 2012 cultural opportunities
Inside the
Games - 2010-06-11 10:21
June 10 - Veronica Wadley
(pictured), the former editor of the Evening Standard, has been appointed as
the new London chair at Arts Council England
the cultural opportunities presented by the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics.
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New billion pound fund to be set-up to help tourism
industry benefit from London 2012
Inside the
Games - 2010-06-11 10:21
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year June 11 - A new £1
billion ($1.
A new £1 billion ($1.5 billion) marketing and public relations fund
to help British tourism capitalise on the opportunities offered by the London
2012 Olympics and Paralympics will be launched today by Jeremy Hunt
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Athletic community honours its own -- (add your
comments)
Sudbury Star -
2010-06-11 10:03
Posted By SCOTT HADDOW, THE
SUDBURY STAR Olympic ski cross athlete Chris Del Bosco needed a moment to
collect himself.
Del Bosco was in town to be honoured at the event in a special ceremony,
along with fellow Olympians Tessa Bonhomme, Rebecca Johnston and Paralympian
skier Jeff Dickson.
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All kinds of athletes
Suburban
Journals - 2010-06-11 10:01
CommentNo comments posted. Andrew
Jansen / Journal Daphney Burh, 14, dribbles the ball down the basketball
court Friday at the North County Recreation Complex. Burh and 69 other
athletes took part in the 26th St.
Louis Society for the Physically Disabled hosted its 26th annual Sports
Camp, giving physically disabled athletes, ages 6 to 21, a chance to
play a variety of sports.
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