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Russia To Award Universiade Winners Cash Prizes Up To $5,40005 / 22 / 13Each medalist in the upcoming Kazan World Summer Universiade "will be awarded a cash prize," according to XINHUA. Gold medal winners will be awarded with 168,000 rubles ($5,400). Silver medalists will receive $2,600 and bronze medalists will earn $1,600. Coaches and other sports staff of the 27th Un... Tags: Events and Attractions, Russia |
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Welterweight boxer Manny Pacquiao "will return to the ring in April"-- and Singapore is vying with Macau, China and Abu Dhabi, UAE to host the fight." Pacquiao’s chief adviser Mike Koncz confirmed on Sunday that the Filipino "will return to the ring in April and the fight -- against an as yet ...
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Germany-France Submit '17 IIHF WC Bid
The Int'l Ice Hockey Federation has officially received the bids for the right to host the 81st IIHF World Championship in '17. There will be two co-hosting bids for the tournament, one from Germany-France and the other from Denmark-Latvia. The plan of the Germany-France bid is to have Cologne, Germ ...
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Hearn Sees Big Future In Table Tennis
Int'l sports promoter Barry Hearn "has challenged Hong Kong to become a major player in turning table tennis into a million-dollar glamour sport," according to Peter Simpson of the SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST. Hearn launched the World Championship of Ping Pong in London last weekend, aiming to make his ...
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Stuttgart Wants To Host Grass Event
Organizers of the Stuttgart, Germany ATP tennis tournament, which is played at the facility of TC Weissenhof, "have officially submitted their application to host a grass tournament to the ATP," according to the SID. Tournament Dir Edwin Weindorfer said that "further talks with ATP officials will ta ...
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The Dakar Rally was hit by another death "as a French motorbike rider was killed following a collision with a Chilean police car." Thomas Bourgin, 25, "was on his way to start the seventh stage of the race when he was hit by the vehicle, which was traveling in the opposite direction." An inquiry "ha ...
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Finances Of University Games Questioned
Russia’s state Audit Chamber said there are "questions" over the financial health of the 2013 University Games in the city of Kazan after reports emerged in the Russian media that the project "could be on the verge of bankruptcy," according to R-SPORT. The office of Deputy PM Igor Shuvalov, wh ...
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Hong Kong FA Puts Own Money On Line
Hong Kong FA officials are "putting their own money on the line," guaranteeing that next month's Lunar New Year Cup "will not lose money," according to Chan Kin-wa of the SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST. After a three-year break during which individual clubs ran the tournament, the HKFA has decided to "ret ...
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Iraq To Host 2015 Gulf Cup
Iraq has revealed it is ready to host the 2015 Gulf Cup of Nations, with new facilities "almost ready for the first football tournament to be held in the country" since the U.S.-led invasion in '03, according to the GULF TIMES. The '13 tournament is currently being held in Manama, Bahrain but was in ...
Spain Favorite To Win Handball Title
The German handball national team "is entering the word championship as an underdog," according to the SID. The 23rd IHF Men's Handball World Championship will take place in Spain from Friday until Jan. 27. Sports betting provider bwin will pay out 21-times the stake if the team of coach Martin ...
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Global summits organizer IRN Ltd. has announced that its inaugural World Sports Congress 2013, launching in London from Feb. 26-27, has attracted support from the European Commission, U.K. government department UKTI and sporting organizations from around the world, including LOCOG, Sochi, Amsterdam ...
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