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Equestrian officials want change at top of dressage

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  THE International Equestrian Federation (FEI) is trying to remove the top officials who run the Olympic discipline of dressage because it says they are too inflexible.

by Belgian official Mariette Withages-Dieltjens and includes members from Germany, Italy, Japan and Spain


Equestrian officials want change at top of dressage

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  THE International Equestrian Federation (FEI) is trying to remove the top officials who run the Olympic discipline of dressage because it says they are too inflexible.

by Belgian official Mariette Withages-Dieltjens and includes members from Germany, Italy, Japan and Spain


England could play Jamaica as part of 2018 World Cup bid

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  A COMPROMISE has been hammered out between the Football Association and its counterparts in Jamaica over an unpaid debt that could include England, including David Beckham (pictured), playing another friendly in the Caribbean.

England played a match against Trinidad & Tobago in Port-of-Spain in June as part of a goodwill gesture


New Zealand replace Pakistan as relations with India worsen

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  NEW ZEALAND has accepted India's invitation to replace Pakistan for a four-nation field hockey tournament starting later this month as relations between the two Asian countries worsen following the terrorist attack in Mumbai last year.

Germany won the gold in Beijing with a 1-0 win over Spain in the final, while the formidable Dutch finished


England lined up to stage 2010 World Cup

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  ENGLAND could stage the 2010 World Cup - with the final at the new Wembley - if FIFA decide South Africa are not up to the job, it was revealed today.

The others include United States, Mexico, Japan and Spain.  



Madrid hoping that Valencia will help 2016 bid

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  MADRID officials are hoping that the European Indoor Championships in Valencia, which open tomorrow, will help boost its bid to follow London and host the 2016 Olympics.

unforgettable climax to this season’s indoor season, as well as providing a window to the world that Spain


FIFA deal ensures football's participation in 2012

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  FIFA today agreed to adopt the World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) revised drug testing code, thus avoiding another potential row over football's future in the Olympics.

new WADA code was endorsed by sports federations in November at a world doping conference in Madrid, Spain


FIFA deal ensures football's participation in 2012

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  FIFA today agreed to adopt the World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) revised drug testing code, thus avoiding another potential row over football's future in the Olympics.

new WADA code was endorsed by sports federations in November at a world doping conference in Madrid, Spain


Deng confident for future of British basketball

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  LUOL DENG (pictured) today predicted a bright future for British basketball during the build-up to the 2012 Olympics.

likely to get an increased role, while Finch is also looking at Dan Clark and Nick George, who play in Spain



Olympic medallist set to add new string to bow in Beijing

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  BRITAIN'S Olympic medallist David Davies (pictured) made an impressive open water swimming debut in South Africa today as he moved closer to competing in two events in the Beijing Olympics with an impressive victory.

"Keri-Anne put in a great swim in the women's event to join Cassie in Spain too."


Britain to face Paralympic champions in Beijing

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  JTHE draw for the group stages of the wheelchair basketball competitions at the 2008 Paralympic Games have been made in Beijing.

Britain’s women qualified for the Beijing Paralympic Games after beating Spain to bronze at the 2007


Doha hands over application file for 2016

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  JANUARY 14 - DOHA officials travelled to the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne today to hand-deliver 80 copies of the city’s Application File to follow London as the host of the 2016 Olympics and Paralympics.

The other bid cities are Baku, Azerbaijan; Chicago; Doha, Qatar; Madrid, Spain; and Prague, Czech Republic


Rio hands in application file for 2016

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  OFFICIALS from Rio de Janeiro submitted documents today in support of the Brazilian city's bid to host the 2016 Olympics, following London 2012.

The other bid cities are Baku, Azerbaijan; Chicago; Doha, Qatar; Madrid, Spain; and Prague, Czech Republic