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Handikappidrott, Sverige (2 news)
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Födelsedagar 1/7
 Nya
Wermlands-Tidningen - 2010-07-01 07:32
Lyssna | Hjälp Rolf Jönsson 60 år
Håkan Kamp Karlstad 60 år fyller journalist Håkan Kamp, Kroppkärrsbågen 6,
Karlstad. Han har gått Journalisthögskolan i Göteborg och avlagt fil
kand-examen i Karlstad.
Tidigare var han kassör i IFK Kristinehamns fotbollssektion samt
sekreterare i IFK, handboll och numera är han revisor i IFK Kristinehamn samt
ordförande i MIK Varnan, handikappidrott.
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Sticken som ska rädda Olssons VM
Nya
Wermlands-Tidningen - 2010-06-30 12:31
SIMNING Några stick i nacken ska
ta bort smärtan och rädda Anders Olssons start i VM om tre veckor. - Hoppas
det hjälper så jag kan simma, säger han efter tisdagens behandling i
Karlstad.
Problemen höll sig borta i över ett år och gjorde det möjligt för Anders
att ta guld i Paralympics i Peking.
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Intl news (49 news)
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Man travels to Ocean City by hand
Delmarva
Daily Times - 2010-07-01 07:38
Cyclist hopes to raise disease
awareness Type Size A A A OCEAN CITY -- There are 1,480 miles between St.
Louis, Mo., and Ocean City. Allen Baumgartner should know; the 33-year-old
just traveled all of them on a handcycle.
Otherwise in good health, he soon got involved with the Disabled
Athlete Sports Association, a St.
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Planning made for president to attend Asian Games
in China: official
Islamic
Republic News Agency - 2010-07-01 07:28
Tehran, June 30, IRNA -- Head of
Physical Education Organzaition Ali Saeedlou said on Wednesday that planning
has been made for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to possibly attend Asian
Games in Guangzhou, China.
Some 185 Iranian athletes will compete at Asian Paralympic Games
2010 in Guangzhou, China....This is the first ever edition of the Asian Paralympic
Games, designed to highlight the achievements of the...
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Athletics: Dame Kelly Holmes plan for School
Olympics to be officially launched
Sportsister
- 2010-07-01 06:51
Dame Kelly Holmes has backed a new
government initiative modelled on the Olympic and Paralympic Games, which
will replace the
Dame Kelly Holmes has backed a new government initiative modelled on the
Olympic and Paralympic Games, which will replace the. ...UKÂ.
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Happy Canada Day
Camrose
Canadian - 2010-07-01 05:40
Posted By Kevin Sorensen MP,
Crowfoot As your Member of Parliament, it is an honour and my pleasure, on
behalf of Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Government of Canada to wish
everyone a !
This year, we had the opportunity to show the entire world who we are when
the eyes of the world turned to our country for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic
Winter Games....The 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games...
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Government support strong for PyeongChang 2018 bid
Sports
Features - 2010-07-01 05:31
LAURA WALDEN / Sports Features
Communications TAMPA/PYEONGCHANG, June 30: The Korean National Assembly has
taken their support one step further backing the PyeongChang 2018 candidature
to host the winter Games.
Bid ceo Yang-Ho Cho said, ?We are delighted that the National Assembly of
Korea has declared its support for our bid and has made our campaign to host
the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games a
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Mayor delivers his last state of the city speech
Colorado
Springs Independent - 2010-07-01 05:13
Mayor Lionel Rivera delivered his
final State of the City address to about 450 people this afternoon at the
Doubletree Hotel on the city's south side. An upbeat Rivera notes, "We
live in a city that truly, I think, is envied across the country.
Paralympics headquartered here in Colorado Springs.
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Basketball Hall of Fame expands 2010 enshrinement
celebration to bring 70 basketball greats, week-long schedule of events to
Springfield
MassLive -
2010-07-01 05:04
expands 2010 enshrinement celebration
to bring 70 basketball greats, week-long schedule of events to Springfield
Published: Wednesday, June 30, 2010,
9: Wheelchair Basketball Celebration, including U.S. men?s and women?s Paralympic
teams Aug....The week?s activities will also include wheelchair basketball
and performances by the U.S. men?s and women?s Paralympic...
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Looking for things to do on Canada...
Vancouver
Province - 2010-07-01 05:04
From pancakes, pyrotechnics and
protests to a salmon barbecue and bike race, this yearâ??s Canada Day
celebrations will have plenty to offer for those looking to celebrate the
nationâ??s birthday.
In Whistler, Canada Day celebrations will include a parade, a recognition
ceremony of Olympic and Paralympic athletes and a free outdoor concert
by Spirit of the West. -
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Sochi 2014 Creates Legacy of New "Green
Standards"
Around The
Rings - 2010-07-01 04:23
June 30th 2010, Moscow, Russia ?
Alexander Zhukov, Russian deputy Prime Minister and Russian Olympic Committee
President, today chaired a meeting of
The Supervisory Board also discussed the International Olympic Committee
(IOC) Debriefing of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter
Games that was held in Sochi earlier in June.
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Fight to find a home for judo club continues
Coventry Observer
- 2010-07-01 04:04
A FORMER international martial
arts champion has joined the fight to find a new home for Coventry Judo
Centre.
Sam took a bronze medal at the Beijing Paralympics and both took
silver medals at the recent World Championships.
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Olympic cauldron to be relit on Canada Day
Vancouver
Sun - 2010-07-01 03:26
VANCOUVER -- The Olympic Cauldron
will be relit on July 1 by Canada Day organizers hoping to rekindle the
national pride that drew hundreds of thousands of people downtown during the
Vancouver 2010 Games.
Poole Plaza has been dead since the end of the Paralympics in
March, but Canada Place says it will be relit on July 1 to help celebrate
Canada's national birthday.
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The hopes and challenges of a country
Prince Edward
Island Guardian - 2010-07-01 00:54
Canada Day is an occasion to
gather and celebrate our common goals in the belief that there are no
challenges we can't meet Every Canada Day provides
Canada has been a prominent player on the world stage this year as host of
the 2010 Vancouver Olympics and Paralympics and, just this past week,
of the G20 and G8 economic summits....There's no doubt that the Olympics and Paralympics...
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National School Sport Week gets millions more
children active
London 2012 -
2010-07-01 00:29
National School Sport Week gets
millions more children active Erin, Education Officer, Yesterday I joined Sir
Chris Hoy and Jonathan Edwards at Eltham Green Specialist Sports College to
see Lloyds TSB National School Sport Week in action.
The sun came out and everyone had a lot of fun ? it was brilliant to see
first-hand how London 2012 and the Olympic and Paralympic Games really
are inspiring young people.... in sports activities linked to London 2012 and
the Olympic and Paralympic...
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Saudi Arabia to participate in 4th International
Athletics Meeting
Saudi Press
Agency - 2010-06-30 23:15
SPA - Over 400 athletes (337 Males
and 80 Females) from 28 countries will take part in the 4th International
Athletics Meeting for persons with
'This tournament is a qualification for the World Championship to be held
in New Zealand in 2011 which in turn will qualify for the 2012 London Paralympics,
FTSH Chairman Ali Harzallah said at a news
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WIT lecturer to help Irish Youth Olympics team
Waterford News
& Star - 2010-06-30 23:07
Ciara Losty, a lecturer in the
Department of Health, Sport & Exercise Science at Waterford Institute of
Technology, has been selected by the Olympic
planning a 24-hour kitchen to serve 21,000 healthy meals to the young
athletes.'Separately, Waterford Institute of Technology are partners with the
Paralympic Council of Ireland in preparing Ireland's
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Little green thumbs
San Diego Union
Tribune - 2010-06-30 23:04
Cameron Lanham (left), Navi
Vergara and Charlotte Walker, all of Escondido, work on their tomatoes.
Paralympic gold medalist April Holmes and 2010 USA Track and
Field Champion at 200-meters, Consuella Moore, also paid young gardeners a
visit to encourage them to eat their veggies.
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Gov. Gen. Michaëlle Jean has announced 74 new
appointments to the Order of Canada, including Grammy Award-winning violinist
James Ehnes and astronaut Julie Payette.
CBC -
2010-06-30 22:37
Gov. Gen. Michaëlle Jean announced
74 new appointments to the Order of Canada on Wednesday, including Grammy
Award-winning violinist James Ehnes, astronaut Julie Payette and Olympic
organizer John Furlong.
"For his contributions to the planning and realization of the
Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games, which galvanized
Canadians from coast to coast to coast and showcased Canada to the
world," Furlong will
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Government of Canada Supports the 2010 Triathlon
Soulanges
Department of
Canadian Heritage - 2010-06-30 22:31
COTEAU-DU-LAC, Quebec, June 26,
2010 - On behalf of the Honourable Gary Lunn, Minister of State (Sport), the
Honourable Denis Lebel, Minister of
'The Government of Canada continues to step up and play a leading role in
ensuring Canada's Olympic, Paralympic, and elite athletes have access
to the resources they require to win,' said Alan Trivett,
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Denise Lewis takes to the water for National School
Sport Week
More than the
games - 2010-06-30 22:30
National School Sport WeekRising
StarsPost a comment OLYMPIC GOLD medallist Denise Lewis threw her weight
behind Lloyds TSB National School Sport Week on Wednesday by joining 130
Cardiff youngsters at a water sports event.
And Lewis revealed the week's aim to introduce youngsters to new Olympic
and Paralympic sports had certainly worked for her...."It was a
really busy day and it was great for the kids to try new Olympic and Paralympic...
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Dermot's dedication and devotion help get Dashers
to the finish line
Main Line Media
News - 2010-06-30 21:15
Cross-country coach Dermot
Anderson has mentored Main Line high-school athletes for more than two
decades. ARDMORE ? Some coaches care more about winning than anything else,
but not track and cross-country coach Dermot Anderson.
He?s now an adult and one of the Dasher coaches.? Sight-impaired Pam
McGonigle of Ardmore met Anderson when she was an adult, training to run in
the Paralympics.
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Canada Day organizers compete to book Olympic
heroes
Guelph Mercury
- 2010-06-30 20:58
The Canadian Press The Canadian
Press, 2010 VANCOUVER - The 2010 Winter Olympics have long since come to an
end, but a number of B.C. municipalities are competing to lure the biggest
Games star to its Canada Day event.
Whistler, which hosted the alpine, nordic and sliding competitions during
the Games, will have a dozen Olympic and Paralympic athletes on hand
for Canada's 143rd birthday.
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Local paralympic skier Alana Nichols nominated for
ESPY award
Farmington New
Mexico Daily Times - 2010-06-30 20:41
FARMINGTON ? Paralympic skier and
Farmington High School graduate Alana Nichols has been nominated for an ESPY
award in the category of â??Best Female Athlete with a Physical Disability.
FARMINGTON ? Paralympic skier and Farmington High School graduate
Alana Nichols has been nominated for an ESPY award in the category of â??Best
Female Athlete with a Physical Disability.â? The ESPY Awards is an
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Sitting Volleyball World Championships begin July
10
US Olympic Team
- 2010-06-30 20:38
The University of Central Oklahoma
will host the 2010 Sitting Volleyball World Championships, July 10-18, with
36 men's and women's national teams
The event will bring in a total of 576 athletes, coaches and delegates to
Central's Hamilton Field House and Wellness Center, and will serve as a Paralympic
Games qualifier for the top three teams in
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Jimi Flowers to be posthumously inducted into
Tulane Athletics Hall of Fame
US Olympic Team
- 2010-06-30 20:38
New Orleans ? The Tulane Athletics
Hall of Fame Class of 2010 features three of the Green Wave's top
student-athletes from the last 10 years, a former
Paralympics Swimming, directing that team to success at the
2008 Beijing Paralympics.
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Governor General Announces 74 New Appointments to
the Order of Canada
FinanzNachrichten.de
- 2010-06-30 20:27
OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) --
06/30/10 -- Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaelle Jean, Governor
General of Canada, announced today 74 new appointments to the Order of
Canada. The new appointees include three Companions (C.C.), 18 Officers (O.C.
Vancouver, British Columbia Officer of the Order of Canada For his
contributions to the planning and realization of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic
and Paralympic Games, which galvanized Canadians from coast to
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Top 10 spots you might catch a glimpse of the Queen
in Britain
Examiner.com -
2010-06-30 20:26
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Queen?s Diamond Jubilee London, England 2012 is set to be an exciting year
for Britain as host of the Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games and the
Queen?s Diamond Jubilee.
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Schools sign up ahead of Olympics
Wales Online -
2010-06-30 20:12
LONDON 2012 excitement is already
spreading amongst Welsh schoolchildren, according to research on behalf of
Lloyds TSB.
LONDON 2012 excitement is already spreading amongst Welsh schoolchildren,
according to research on behalf of Lloyds TSB.Eight out of 10 schoolchildren
surveyed are excited about the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic
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Multi-million pound boost for sport starts with
three months of free activity
Skills Active -
2010-06-30 19:04
Mayor of London - 25/06/10 The
Mayor of London Boris Johnson today kicks off a multi-million push designed
to inspire Londoners of all ages and abilities to get off the sofa and get
active.
FreeSport is part of the Mayor's £30m commitment to create a sporting
legacy up to and after the Olympic and Paralympic Games, by supporting
an array of sporting activities and initiatives across the capital.
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London 2012 inspiring community sports projects
Skills Active -
2010-06-30 19:04
Sport England - 25/06/10 The London
2012 Inspire Programme, which aims to bring the benefits of the 2012 Games to
every part of the UK, has recognised a growing number of innovative community
sports projects ? and is looking for more.
The sport strand of the programme has two aims ? to increase participation
in grassroots sport, sport competition and physical activity; and to improve
Olympic and Paralympic medal table performance.
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Iranian athletes to compete at Asian Paralympic
Games in China
Tajikistan
News.net - 2010-06-30 18:35
The Asian sportsmen and women
compete for victory across a range of 19 sports, from archery and tenpin
bowling to seven-a-side football and wheelchair tennis.
The Asian sportsmen and women compete for victory across a range of 19
sports, from archery and tenpin bowling to seven-a-side football and
wheelchair
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Ex-Bangor man to run Olympic show
News Wales -
2010-06-30 18:29
Oscar-winning film-maker Danny
Boyle will be artistic director for the London 2012 Olympic Games opening
ceremony, organisers have announced.
'These Games are bringing together world-class British talent,' said Lord
Coe, chair of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic
Games (LOCOG).
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ExCeL London: Pumped for Its Olympic Moment
Meetings Net -
2010-06-30 18:05
ExCeL London, the 10-year-old
exhibition center near London?s burgeoning Canary Wharf financial district,
was missing one key piece to make it complete: conference space.
ExCeL London will host seven Olympic and six Paralympic events in
2012 and is one of a number of developments in London?s East End for the
games.
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Galston's Stephen Bastick is master of the road
race
Hills Shire
Times - 2010-06-30 17:53
Stephen Bastick wins time trials.
GALSTON cyclist Stephen Bastick won the Australian Cycling Master Road Race
and Cycling Australia?s time trial event for the third consecutive year. Last
week Bastick, 46, raced at the Glass House Mountains.
He said his main goal was the 2012 Paralympics.
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Wheelkings' uphill battle
Hills Shire
Times - 2010-06-30 17:53
Agustin Alonso uses his height to
great effect against the Wheelkings.
The Wheelkings have lost four high-point players this season, including
Dutch Paralympian Koen Jansens, Jonathon Simon, Jeremy Van Asperen and
Latham and will be relying heavily upon a handful of
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LOUGHTON: School has Olympic touch
This is Local
London - 2010-06-30 17:46
PUPILS at a secondary school
showed they had the Olympic spirit when they won a cultural competition based
around the 2012 games.
They had to join forces with two other Essex schools, St Helena's and
Eastwood, to compose a musical piece reflecting the values of the Olympic and
Paralympic games.
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Business Week Gets Off To Flying Start
South Tyneside Info
- 2010-06-30 17:33
St Wilfrid's pupil, Michael Hall,
lifts the trophy and is joined by South Tyneside Homes Director of
Investment, Mark Whittle (left), and Paralympic athlete, Nathan Stephens.
St Wilfrid's pupil, Michael Hall, lifts the trophy and is joined by South
Tyneside Homes Director of Investment, Mark Whittle (left), and Paralympic
athlete, Nathan Stephens.
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Vernon Canada Day events (Vernon)
Castanet.net -
2010-06-30 17:31
Vernon Canada Day events are
taking place all over the city on Thursday. Polson Park: 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Music, entertainment, kids activities. Opening ceremonies at 1 p.m. Honouring
local Paralympians Sonja Gaudet and Josh Dueck.
Honouring local Paralympians Sonja Gaudet and Josh Dueck.Funtastic
Sport and Music Festival starts at the Dept. of Nati...
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Robbie takes club's top award
Caboolture
Shire Herald - 2010-06-30 17:15
WHAT AN EFFORT: Robbie van Allen
with his Top Athlete trophy. ROBBIE van Allen has been named Caboolture
Athletics? Top Athlete.
ROBBIE van Allen has been named Caboolture Athletics? Top Athlete.Van Allen,
a T20 (intellectually disabled) athlete, earned the title after a
blistering season in which he qualified for the nationals, and won
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London 2012 should give Annecy Olympic bid hope,
claims Rogge
Inside the
Games - 2010-06-30 17:12
By Duncan Mackay British Sports
Internet Writer of the Year June 30 - London's successful bid to host the
2012 Olympics and Paralympics should
London's successful bid to host the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics should.
...give Annecy hope that their campaign to host the 2018 Winter Games can
still succeed despite being ordered to change their plans or face
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Wheelchair Tennis Tour Around the World
International
Paralympic Committee - 2010-06-30 15:50
The NEC Wheelchair Tennis Tour is
making its way around the world and giving Paralympic Sport fans a chance to
catch the action on the court.
The NEC Wheelchair Tennis Tour is making its way around the world and
giving Paralympic Sport fans a chance to catch the action on the
court.Taking place from 16-20 June, the Atlanta Open in the USA saw world
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Q1 tourism records third straight rise as foreign,
domestic travel grow: StatsCan
Canadian
Business Magazine - 2010-06-30 15:23
OTTAWA - Tourism spending in
Canada increased 1.3 per cent in the first quarter, as both international
visitors to Canada and Canadians spent more.
The agency says the Vancouver Olympics and Paralympic Winter Games
held in February and March contributed to the increase.
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REDBRIDGE: Athletes ready for sporting finale
East London
& West Essex Guardian Series - 2010-06-30 14:21
TALENTED young athletes from
across the borough will compete in the finals of a top competition this
weekend.
The games began in February and so far, Redbridge's boys have already won
the cricket competition, and top ten finishes have been secured in disability
football (boys), disability athletics (boys and
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Other Sports: Athletics: Hundreds of youngsters
turned out for Crewe & Nantwich Town Sports
Crewe Chronicle
- 2010-06-30 11:44
by Peter Morse, Crewe Chronicle
HUNDREDS of youngsters turned out for Crewe & Nantwich Town Sports to
show they could be the stars of the future.
Competition manager Andy Walker said: ?We named the event Primary School
Olympic Festival to increase awareness among children, teachers and family
members of the Olympic and Paralympic Games that are coming
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Exercise Milo - Rehearsing London's Health
Response, UK
Medical News
Today - 2010-06-30 11:29
The Health Protection Agency, on
behalf of the Department of Health and in conjunction with NHS London, will
be holding Exercise Milo to train London's Emergency Services and prepare and
exercise their health-led response to potential major incidents.
The scenario for the exercise involves a chemical incident at a major
sporting event for disabled athletes.
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Olympic velodrome nearer completion
Press
Association - 2010-06-30 10:06
The velodrome which could be a
medal factory for British cyclists at the London 2012 Olympics has come a
little closer to completion.
The Olympic and Paralympic track events will be held at the venue
in 2012.
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Jim Cowan: Can we have a strategy please Minister,
rather than just cross our fingers?
Inside the
Games - 2010-06-30 09:53
It could only happen in the
"say one thing, do another" world of politics. A politician announces
a sound, new policy which will overturn a decade or more of poor policy and
then, barely a month later does exactly what he said he was going to
eradicate.
"The new Olympic and Paralympic-style schools sports
competition will create a new sports league structure for primary and
secondary schools culminating in an inaugural national final to be held in
the
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SBI Essay Contest
This Day Online
- 2010-06-30 09:46
Winners have emerged at Support
Bridges Initiative (SBI) inter-schools essay competition aimed at assisting
students on a self determination and achievement.
partnership with UNICEF , UK sports council and London Organising
Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG). ?These
partnerships focus on joint projects that addresses in the schools using
Physical
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NEIL WILSON: FIFA teaches London 2012 how not to
combat an ambush
Sports Features
- 2010-06-30 09:32
THE NEIL WILSON COLUMN / An
authoritative, exclusive series only from Sports Features Communication LONDON,
Jun 30: When Lord Coe, chairman of LOCOG, next runs into Sepp Blatter,
president of FIFA, he will owe him a large drink.
Exclusive rights The London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Act
2006 confers on the LOCOG exclusive right to use words such as games, 2012,
gold, silver, bronze, London, medals, sponsor and summer, and bans
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SCHOOLS CONTEST: New Marston wants to improve
sports facilities
This is
Oxfordshire - 2010-06-30 09:20
CHILDREN at an Oxford primary are
hoping to have the chance to decide how to spend £7,500 of Olympic-themed
improvements to their school. New Marston Primary School is the latest of our
five School Olympic Save Our Schools finalists to be profiled.
Staff are also hoping that the Olympic and Paralympic mascots may
be able to visit New Marston.
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