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Event Notes: German Hockey Federation Honors Late Goaltender In '17 Worlds Logo05 / 23 / 13German Hockey Federation (DEB) will honor late national goaltender Robert Müller, who died in '08 due to a brain tumor, "in the logo for the 2017 IIHF World Championship." The logo "consists of the flags of both host nations, Germany and France, in the background and a German goaltender with th... Tags: Events and Attractions |
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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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Asian Cup Organizers See Tourism Mecca
The 2015 Asian Cup organizing committee believes that the tournament "will prove a hit with local sports fans and create a rich football legacy for Australia," according to Sebastian Hassett of the SYDNEY MORNING HERALD. However, the battle for public attention "will be fierce." The event will be he ...
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WTA To Announce Tourney Change
The WTA has announced one of its top tournaments is moving from Japan to China. The Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo will end what will have been a 30-year run after this year and move to Wuhan, China, hometown of top WTA player Li Na. The announcement comes amid a flurry of calendar developments fro ...
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Swimmers "will take their first splash" toward the Rio de Janeiro Olympics at the State New Zealand Open Water Championships in Taupo this weekend. At stake is automatic selection to the World Championships later this year. The championships "form part of the two-day State Epic Swim in Lake Taupo." ...
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Berlin Wants To Host DEL Winter Game
The first outdoor game of the German Hockey League (DEL), the DEL Winter Game between Nuremberg and Berlin, which attracted 50,000 fans to a sold out Frankenstadion in Nuremberg, "has whet the appetite of DEL club Eisbären Berlin," according to the BERLINER KURIER. Berlin "wants to host the Win ...
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SA LOC: Opening Match Will Sell Out
The South African Local Organising Committee insisted that the opening 2013 Africa Cup of Nations finals match between South Africa and Cape Verde will be sold out despite selling more than 45,000 tickets to date, according to Ramatsiyi Moholoa of SOWETAN LIVE. The match, which is "starting to gener ...
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Grand National Raises Prize Money
The prize money at this year’s new-look Grand National meeting "will rise by more than 7% to a record level approaching £3M ($4.8M), but that the big race itself will again be worth just short of a magical seven-figure sum," according to Andy Stephens of the LONDON TIMES. When the 40 run ...
S. Korea Hosts 'Richest' Badminton Event
South Korea will host "the world's richest badminton competition of the season this week, with the sport's brightest stars vying for big prize money," according to Yoo Jee-ho of YONHAP. The 22nd Korea Open tournament kicks off Tuesday with the preliminary rounds in men's and women's singles and doub ...
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Serbian Open Dropped From ATP Tour
The Serbian Open, owned by Belgrade-native Novak Djokovic and run by his family, "has been dropped from the ATP World Tour calendar," according to Eben Novy-Williams of BLOOMBERG. The red clay tennis tournament will not be held this year after Family Sport, the event’s organizers, "decided to ...
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Crowds Small For FA Cup Matches
Rows of empty seats "were a common sight across the country" as spectators gave the FA Cup "the cold shoulder," according to Laurie Whitwell of the London DAILY MAIL. A drop in attendance could have been predicted "given the somewhat lacklustre approach adopted by some managers to these third round ...
