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Handikappidrott, Sverige (2 news)
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Öhgren på landslagsläger
 Folkbladet -
2010-06-29 04:34
Handikappidrott. Från torsdag till
söndag har pingislandslaget för funktionshindrade läger i Motala Sporthall.
Handikappidrott.
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ALMEDALEN Alla arrangörer under politikerveckan
2010
 Politikerbloggen
- Blogg - 2010-06-28 07:40
Senaste nytt: 1 Foto: Scanpix
ARRANGÖRERNA HELA LISTAN. Årets politikervecka i Almedalen slår alla tidigare
rekord. Bland de 1396 evenemangen står bara de politiska partierna för en
bråkdel.
Svenska Bussbranschens Riksförbund Svenska ESF-rådet Svenska Evangeliska
Alliansen Svenska FN-förbundet Svenska Freds- och Skiljedomsföreningen Svenska
Handikappidrottsförbundet Svenska Jägareförbundet Svenska
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Intl news (44 news)
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McIvor, Bilodeau among athletes celebrating Canada
Day in Whistler
Pique News
Magazine - 2010-06-29 08:23
Free concerts, parade, fireworks
part of holiday weekend Twelve Olympic and Paralympic athletes have been
confirmed for the July 1 Canada Day celebration in Whistler.
Free concerts, parade, fireworks part of holiday weekend Twelve Olympic
and Paralympic athletes have been confirmed for the July 1 Canada Day
celebration in Whistler.The athletes will be recognized at a special
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No sporting chance with ambush marketing, says
expert
Cambridge
Network - 2010-06-29 07:32
â??Ambush marketingâ?? is the
phrase used to describe any unauthorised party taking advantage of a high
profile media event to promote their own company.
'Swoosh' resulting in substantial television coverage for their brand at a
dramatically reduced cost), the London Olympic Games and Paralympic
Games Act 2006 has been passed to ensure that sponsors get full value
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Powerlifter with frail bones
thestar.com.my
- 2010-06-29 05:45
BORN with brittle bones, petty
trader Yee Gan Chee, now 37, broke her legs six times as a child and could no
longer walk by the time she was in Standard Three. 'My leg would break even
if I fell from a low level.
'My leg would break even if I fell from a low level.As I was very hyperactive
as a kid, I fractured my left ankle four times and my right ankle twice,'
said the Asean Paralympic powerlifter from Penang.
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Olympic sculpture consultation
Bexley London
Borough Council - 2010-06-29 05:37
Council and democracy / Council
news / Announcements / Olympic sculpture consultation The Olympic Delivery
Authority Planning Decisions Team has
114 metre high sculpture which would be a visitor attraction during and
after the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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Canada?s sitting volleyball ?nobodies? ready to
take on world
Canada.com -
2010-06-29 05:28
VANCOUVER â At seven-foot-two,
with a deep baritone voice, Greg Stewart is a presence just about anywhere he
goes. But on this day, in a gym in Surrey, B.C.
The game is sitting volleyball, an official Paralympic sport since
2004....It is the first worlds for both as Canada was slower to switch focus
when standing volleyball for athletes with a disability was dropped after the
2000 Paralympics...
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New schools competition will drive revolution from
bottom upwards claims Sports Minister
Inside the
Games - 2010-06-29 03:37
By Tom Degun in London June 28 -
The new Olympic and Paralympic-style schools sports competition launched by
the Government today will provide a
The new Olympic and Paralympic-style schools sports competition
launched by the Government today will provide a. ...tangible sporting legacy
from the London 2012 Games, it was claimed today by Sports and
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New Zealand Comes to Town!
E Global Travel
News - 2010-06-29 02:50
Tour Operator No Comments Print
Email LEADING New Zealand Coach Holiday Specialist, Grand Pacific Tours will
be staging the biggest New Zealand Coach Expo to hit town!
He became the first double amputee to summit Mt Everest in 2006; is the
founding trustee for Limbs4All Charitable Trust; silver medal winner at the
2000 Sydney Paralympic Games on the cycling track; is the author
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Woods celebrates new world record
BBC -
2010-06-29 01:35
By Elizabeth Hudson Woods has
enjoyed a successful season so far British wheelchair racer Shelly Woods
believes her new 1500m world record will boost her confidence ahead of
January's World Championships.
The time of three minutes 21.22 seconds was 3.01 seconds faster than
14-time Paralympic champion Chantal Petitclerc's record set in
2007....But on the Arbon track, which is known for its quick times, Woods,
who won silver in the 1500m and bronze in the 5,000m at the Beijing Paralympics...
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London 2012 mascots Wenlock and Mandeville to visit
schools and communities at the start of their journey around the UK
London 2012 -
2010-06-29 00:57
Children across the UK have won
the opportunity for Wenlock and Mandeville, the London 2012 mascots, to visit
their school and community by entering a competition through Get Set ? the
official London 2012 education programme.
schools and communities, and live the Olympic and Paralympic
values....Our mascots were designed to inspire young people and connect them
to the power of sport, whilst celebrating our proud Olympic and Paralympic...
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Sports dinner here July 23
Star Phoenix -
2010-06-29 00:56
Colette Bourgonje, Dave King, Bill
Seymour and Jerry Shoemaker, who have all been inducted into the Saskatoon
Sports Hall of Fame, are the guest speakers for a sports dinner July 23 in
Saskatoon at Ecole canadienne-francaise Pavilion Gustave=Dubois.
Bourgonje has competed in 10 Paralympics, both Summer and Winter,
in wheelchair racing and sit-skiing.
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RIGHTS CHIEF UNDER FIRE FOR STANCE ON PROTESTS
St. Petersburg
Times Russia - 2010-06-28 22:48
MOSCOW ? Russian human rights
ombudsman Vladimir Lukin has come under heavy fire from United Russia for his
criticism of a violent police crackdown on a May 31 opposition protest.
He told lawmakers he had to chair a session of the national Paralympics
Committee.
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Welch cleans up at rider titles
Toowoomba
Chronicle - 2010-06-28 22:24
Kirsty Norris competes at
Toowoomba Showground over the weekend with horse, Bundy. Steph Maker
QUEENSLAND rider Victoria Welch cleaned up at the National Young Rider
Championships at Toowoomba Showground at the weekend.
Paralympic bronze medallist Georgia Bruce headed the list of
ParaEquestrian competitors and she lived up to her reputation by taking out
the grade four team test on Larundel Gameboy.
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Athlete of Year
Sun FM -
2010-06-28 21:21
With so many nominations some
tough decisions for the judges for the Tim Horton's North Okanagan Athlete
and Team of the Year Awards.
Gaudet, who's happy to share the honour with her team mate, says its an
honour that the community recognizes the Paralympic games.
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GB women secure win over Greece
British
Paralympic Association - 2010-06-28 21:08
) saw the GB women's goalball team
beat Greece 4-2 at the World Goalball Championships in Sheffield, England,
thanks to a hat-trick from captain Anna Sharkey and a further goal from 15
year old Georgina Bullen.
Having now booked their berth at the 2012 Paralympic Games in
London they will play China, who beat Iran 9-4....China had easily seen off
Australia 10-0 in the quarter final before a 5-0 score against Sweden in the
semis booked their place for a 2008 Paralympic...
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Archery: Paralympic champion Brown and Olympic
medallist Williamson qualify for Delhi
Sportsister -
2010-06-28 20:32
Danielle Brown is thought to be
first Paralympian to compete for England in an able-bodied event at the
Commonwealth Games.
Danielle Brown is thought to be first Paralympian to compete for
England in an able-bodied event at the Commonwealth Games.Brown, finished
second in the women?s compound match behind Nicky Hunt to claim a place in
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World's largest political party keeps on growing
Shanghai Daily
- 2010-06-28 19:54
THE Communist Party of China, the
world's largest political party, grew even bigger last year as more people
sought membership. Party membership in 2009 swelled to 77.
He said Party members had taken the lead in helping China host the Beijing
Olympics and Paralympics in 2008, celebrate the 60th founding
anniversary of the People's Republic of China last year, and in the relief
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The Search is on to Find Former Paralymic Stars
Ahead of London 2012
Visit London -
2010-06-28 19:48
As the London 2012 Olympics draws
nearer, a new website has been launched to locate some of our past Paralympic
stars.
As the London 2012 Olympics draws nearer, a new website has been launched
to locate some of our past Paralympic stars.A new Paralympians?
Club website aims to reunite former Great Britain teammates, provide
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2010 Commonwealth Sports Ministers' Meeting
Commonwealth
Secretariat - 2010-06-28 19:37
Location:Delhi, India Commonwealth
Sports Ministers Meetings (CSMM) are held every two years, in the margins of
the Commonwealth Games and the Summer Olympic & Paralympic Games.
Location:Delhi, India Commonwealth Sports Ministers Meetings (CSMM) are
held every two years, in the margins of the Commonwealth Games and the Summer
Olympic & Paralympic Games.
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Sights set on world title
North Harbour
News - 2010-06-28 19:25
WHEELBLACK REVIVAL: South Auckland
man Jai Waite is part of the Wheelblacks team that will travel to Vancouver
for the wheelchair rugby world championships.
South Auckland man Jai Waite is part of the Wheelblacks team that will
travel to Vancouver for the wheelchair rugby world championships.Finishing
fifth at the Beijing Paralympics two years ago has made life tough
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Recruitment body concerned about immigration cap
My Hospitality
- 2010-06-28 19:16
Following a Government rethink
about a proposed immigration cap, the Recruitment and Employment
Confederation (REC) has expressed concerns about its necessity.
coming up like the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, demand for
those skills will only rise.
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Football Standout Mewelde Moore, Tennis Star
Michael Kogan Highlight Tulane's 2010 Hall of Fame Class
Tulane
University Green Wave - 2010-06-28 19:12
ew Orleans - The Tulane Athletics
Class of 2010 features three of the Green Wave's top student-athletes from
the last 10 years, a former standout
Paralympics Swimming at the time of his death....Paralympics
Swimming, directing that team to success at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics.
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Logistics security scrutinised at DHL &
Reliance conference
Transport
Distribution Europe - 2010-06-28 18:04
General Logistics Business News
General logistics and distribution business news Reliance Security partnered
with DHL Supply Chain to successfully
the vast security and logistical challenges London will face in
preparation for - and during â?? the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic
Games.
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Breaking News: Sport scheme encourages competition
Crosby Herald -
2010-06-28 17:51
Competitive sport in schools is
"a very good thing", Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt said as he
launched a new Olympic and Paralympic-style sports initiative.
Competitive sport in schools is "a very good thing", Culture
Secretary Jeremy Hunt said as he launched a new Olympic and Paralympic-style
sports initiative.
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The Public Policy Forum's 5th Annual Gordon
Osbaldeston Lecture
CNW Telbec -
2010-06-28 17:48
John Furlong to deliver 2010 Gordon
Osbaldeston Lecture OTTAWA, June 28 /CNW Telbec/ - The Public Policy Forum
today announced that John Furlong,
The Public Policy Forum today announced that John Furlong,...Chief
Executive Officer of the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic
and Paralympic Winter Games will deliver the 2010 Gordon
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London?s Dial-a-Ride Service ?Not Up To Scratch?
Able Magazine -
2010-06-28 17:05
London?s Dial-a-ride service
continues to be plagued by significant problems, according to a new report by
the London Assembly?s Transport Committee.
London 2012 Reveals Games? Official Mascots The London Organising
Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic...
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Government of Canada Names Akshay Kumar as New
Canadian Tourism Commission Ambassador for India / Minister of State Moore
and Ministers Baird and Kenney highlight strong Canada-India relationship
FinanzNachrichten.de
- 2010-06-28 16:17
TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire)
-- 06/28/10 -- The Honourable Rob Moore, Minister of State (Small Business
and Tourism), along with the Honourable
Kumar the Indian ambassador for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic
Winter Games.
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Up to £10 million to be spent on schools Olympics
TalkTalk -
2010-06-28 16:07
LONDON (Reuters) - Up to 10
million pounds of lottery funding will be spent on a schools Olympics aimed
at promoting competitive sport on England's playing fields and creating a
2012 sporting legacy, the government said on Monday.
The scheme would also include a schools Paralympics.
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Sport in South Africa
South Africa
Good News - 2010-06-28 15:55
In 2007 the national rugby team,
the Springboks, became the world champions for the second time in their short
history.
Among these are also the 1995 Rugby World Cup, the 1996 African Cup of
Nations and World Cup of Golf, the 1998 World Cup of Athletics, the 2003
Cricket World Cup, the 2006 Paralympic Swimming World
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Football boss opens University Sports Centre
Birmingham City
University - 2010-06-28 15:55
Doug Ellis OBE, life president of
Aston Villa Football Club, has officially opened Birmingham City University?s
latest facility - a state-of-the-art sports centre which proudly bears his
name.
The centre has already hosted the Birmingham Paralympic and
Disabled Sports Exhibition, held in association with Birmingham City
University.
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Red Tractor Week Proves Huge Success
The Pig Site -
2010-06-28 15:43
The campaign, which was fronted by
Janet Street-Porter, has proved hugely successful for Red Tractor, generating
significant media and consumer interest on a national level, as well as
support from the Government.
The scheme has also been chosen by the London Organising Committee for the
Olympic Games (LOCOG) which is committed to sourcing Red Tractor food for the
2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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Nicola Tustain bags MBE for her services to
equestrianism
British
Dressage - 2010-06-28 14:57
Para-Olympian and World Champion
Nicola Tustain has been awarded an MBE for her services to disabled sport, in
particular for her role as a leading para-equestrian dressage rider.
During this time the para-equestrian dressage rider has won countless
medals for her country, including individual, freestyle and team gold?s from
the 2000 and 2004 Paralympic Games....Along with this paralympic
success...
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Memo on IPC Shooting rulebook (version March 2010)
IPC Shooting -
2010-06-28 14:43
Following questions received for
the updated version of the IPC Shooting rulebook (version March 2010) and as
2010 IPC Shooting World Championships approach IPC Shooting would like to
offer clarification on those points for your better understanding.
Please contact IPC Shooting at ipcshooting@paralympic.org
should you have any question.
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Heather Mills sets sights on Sochi 2014
Ski Club of
Great Britain - 2010-06-28 14:41
The charity campaigner, activist
and former model has now reportedly turned her attentions to competing in the
next Winter Paralympics Games The
The charity campaigner, activist and former model has now reportedly
turned her attentions to competing in the next Winter Paralympics
Games The. ...ParalympicsGB Vancouver 2010 team included seven alpine
skiers
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UK News: Sport scheme encourages competition
Hinckley Times
- 2010-06-28 14:24
Competitive sport in schools is
"a very good thing", Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt said as he
launched a new Olympic and Paralympic-style sports initiative.
Competitive sport in schools is "a very good thing", Culture
Secretary Jeremy Hunt said as he launched a new Olympic and Paralympic-style
sports initiative.He said:...A Paralympic-style element will be
included at every...
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Former PM Praises United Foundation
Newcastle
United FC - 2010-06-28 13:24
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair
has praised the efforts of Newcastle United Foundation in motivating children
to get into sport.
'The 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games are less than two years away
and we need to use that to inspire and motivate children to get into sport,
so that it becomes the healthy habit of a lifetime.'
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CNW Daybook for Monday, June 28, 2010
CNW Telbec -
2010-06-28 13:06
TORONTO, June 28 /CNW/ - ALL TIMES
ARE LOCAL
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BIRKS PRESENTS THE CANADIAN OLYMPIC FOUNDATION WITH A CHEQUE IN SUPPORT OF
CANADIAN OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC ATHLETES CITY:
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17 Athletes Book Tickets To Guangzhou Asian
Paralympic Games
Bernama -
2010-06-28 12:49
KUALA LUMPUR, June 28 (Bernama) --
Seventeen athletes have qualified for the Guangzhou Asian Paralympic Games in
China from Dec 12-19.
Seventeen athletes have qualified for the Guangzhou Asian Paralympic
Games in China from Dec 12-19.National Sports Council (NSC) paralympic
director Mohd Safrushahar Yusoff said more athletes would be picked once
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/R E P E A T -- Media advisory - BIRKS Will Make a
Donation to the Canadian Olympic and Paralympic Teams Via the Canadian
Olympic Foundation/
PRnewswire
Canada - 2010-06-28 12:11
BIRKS will present the Canadian
Olympic Foundation with a cheque in support of Canadian Olympic and
Paralympic athletes.
BIRKS will present the Canadian Olympic Foundation with a cheque in
support of Canadian Olympic and Paralympic athletes.BIRKS, the
official jewellery supplier for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic
Winter
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Disabled vets get a place of their own to play golf
Chicago Daily
Herald - 2010-06-28 12:07
Gene Lynn will always have a
special place in his heart for Sahalee Country Club. He was one of the
founders of the championship course in Sammamish, Wash., that's considered
one of the best in the nation.
Martinson was the Boston Marathon champion in the wheelchair division in
1981, won a Paralympics gold medal in downhill skiing in 1992 in
Albertville, France, and competed in an exhibition 1,500-meter event at the
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Touring the Olympic 2012 Site
Treehugger -
2010-06-28 11:56
All Images by B. Alter: The
Stadium The spotlight turned on East London for the second weekend in the
London Festival of Architecture. That's where the London 2012 Olympics will
be held, as will the last 6km of the London Olympic Marathon.
It will hold 12,000 and during the Paralympic Games it will hold
10,000 spectators for wheelchair rugby and wheelchair basketball.
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Schluntz named Pac-10 Woman of Year
AZCentral.com -
2010-06-28 11:33
University of Arizona swimmer
Justine Schluntz was named the 2010 Pac-10 Woman of the Year on Thursday.
Schluntz graduated from UA with a degree in mechanical engineering and a 3.94
grade point average. She was also one of 32 U.S.
the Jim Click Run 'N' Roll fundraiser for the University of Arizona's
adaptive athletics program for disabled athletes.
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Multi-million pound extension of 2012 venue
launched
sportbusiness.com
- 2010-06-28 10:48
The £165 million planned extension
of the ExCeL exhibition and convention centre, venue for seven Olympic and
six Paralympic events at the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, has been
officially inaugurated at a special ceremony over the weekend.
The £165 million planned extension of the ExCeL exhibition and convention
centre, venue for seven Olympic and six Paralympic events at the
London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, has been officially inaugurated
at
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Penn State grad Moore scores 200-meter title
Centre Daily
Times - 2010-06-28 10:36
DES MOINES, Iowa She made the 2004
U.S. Olympic team sprint relay pool as a 22-year-old just out of Penn State,
but even then Consuella Moore quickly was losing the joy of running.
April Holmes, the 2008 Paralympic champion at 200 meters, began to
sense Moore missed the sport when they worked together on the Chicago 2016
Olympic bid.
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De Montfort University Hosts Lithuanian Student
Performers at World Theatre Congress Starting 6/28
Broadway World
- 2010-06-28 09:41
Student performers from Lithuania
are to take part in the International University Theatre Association's (IUTA)
8th World Congress next week, hosted by De Montfort University (DMU) in
Leicester for the first time in the UK.
It is part of the Igniting Ambition Festival 2010 - the third in a five
year programme of events across the East Midlands in the run-up to the
Olympic and Paralympics Games 2012 in London, UK.
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