IOC President’s speech – Beijing 2022 Closing Ceremony
hank you, China ! Your Excellency, Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China, President of the Organising Committee, Cai Qi, Dear Olympic friends, Dear athletes, Over the past…
STEPHENIE ANN McPHERSON MAKES A PERSONAL BESTIN BIRMINGHAM
Coming into the race as a former bronze medalist at the 2013 world games, Ann McPherson with calm and determination broke her previous personal best leaving more room for improvement.…
Festival atmosphere as African Schools Champions Cup opens in style
An estimated 12,000 schoolchildren cheer teams on opening day Ethiopia, Morocco, Benin and South Africa qualify for semi-finals of girls’ tournament at Stade des Martyrs Ethiopia, Morocco, DR Congo, Senegal…
Coffs Harbour, Alex Haydon, Rachael Grinham, PSA World Tour, Challenger Tour, ,
Nour El Tayeb staged a spectacular comeback at the Squash On Fire Open to reach her first semi final since returning to the PSA World Tour. El Tayeb, playing in…
NORTH COAST OPEN SF: ALL TOP SEEDS DUMPED OUT IN SEMIS
All four semi-finals saw the higher-seeded players knocked out at the Roberts & Morrow North Coast Open in Coffs Harbour, Australia, with two unseeded men making it through to the…
KINETIC 3K CHALLENGER SF: AZANA UPSETS AGAIN TO MEET WALSH
Argentina’s Jeremias Azana continued his incredible run of upsets at the Kinetic 3k Challenger Presented by Sundip Murthy, and he will now face England’s Tom Walsh, the event’s top seed,…
IOC Session elects five new Members
The 139TH Session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) resumed its proceedings in Beijing today with several rounds of elections. Following the recommendations made by the Executive Board (EB) in…
NSMA adds three to Board of Directors, Durham takes over as president
The Winston-Salem-based National Sports Media Association in January added three members to its board of directors. Additionally, ACC Network personality Wes Durham, who also serves as the Atlanta Falcons’ radio…
IOC meetings during the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 – information for the media
The IOC President will be at the press conference at 11 a.m. CST on Friday 18 February, in the Main Press Conference Room in the Main Media Centre (MMC). Media…
MIXED FORTUNES FOR HOME HOPES AS SQUASH ON FIRE OPEN BEGINS.
The USA’s Sabrina Sobhy and Todd Harrity progressed to the second round of the Squash On Fire Open, while US Men’s No.1 Shahjahan Khan endured more torment at the hands…