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World Karate Championships finals sell out

  • Karate

By Tom Degun at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy November 23 - Tickets for the finals of the 2012

World Karate Championships here in Paris, where all the medals for the prestigious competition will

The 2012 World Karate Championships in Paris are proving hugely popular with the final two days now sold

of the event since it began in Tokyo in 1970 and the second time the competition has been staged in Paris

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Impressive start at 2012 World Karate Championships in Paris

  • Karate

Tom Degun November 22 - The 2012 World Karate Championships have got off to an impressive start in Paris

the popularity of the Championships, which are taking place at the magnificent Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy

The 2012 World Karate Championships have got off to an impressive start in Paris The 2012 competition

edition of the event since it began in Tokyo in 1970 while it is the first time it has been held in Paris

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World Karate Championships get underway in Paris as sport steps up Olympic bid

  • Karate

By Tom Degun November 21 - The World Karate Championships begin today in Paris with the event serving

softball, who are making a joint bid.WKF President Antonio Espinós believes karate can impress the IOC in Paris

The 2012 World Karate Championships are taking place at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy The 2012

World Karate Championships is taking place at the giant Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy which has hosted

handball, basketball, boxing, gymnastics, tennis, track cycling and show jumping.The 2012 competition in Paris

is the 20th edition of the event since it began in Tokyo in 1970.The Championships return to Paris and


Sweden's Angelica Bengtsson is women's 2012 European Athletics Rising Star

  • Athletics

By Mike RowbottomOctober 4 - Pole vault prodigy Angelica Bengtsson has emulated athletes such as Britons Jessica Ennis and Jodie Williams by winning the European Athletics Rising Star award.

vault qualification during the 31st European Athletics Indoor Championships at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy"In


Climbing to feature one discipline if successful in 2020 bid

  • Sport Climbing

By David GoldOctober 4 - Climbing will feature one discipline if it is successful with its bid to be included on the Olympic programme in 2020, World Climbing Federation (IFSC) President Marco Scolaris has confirmed.

Scolaris was speaking at the World Championships in Paris at the Palais de Bercy, the IFSC's main evaluation

win the race for Olympic inclusion.In total, some 16,000 spectators turned up to watch the action in Paris


Climbing prepares for key IOC evaluation event in 2020 Olympic bid

  • Sport Climbing

GoldAugust 31 - The World Climbing Federation (IFSC) is preparing for next month's World Championships in Paris

Olympic Committee (IOC) is sending a team of observers to the event, which will be held in the Palais de Bercy

in Paris from September 12 to 16."

We hope that the event will be as good as the 2008 European Championships in Bercy, and that it will

The FFME is proud to celebrate the 2012 World Championships in Paris."

Let's make the most of Paris 2012 as we await the International Olympic Committee's verdict in 2013."


Euroleague wants to hold finals at O2 in London

  • Basketball

By David GoldMay 10 - The O2 Arena in London could host the 2013 Euroleague finals as a result of its hosting of NBA games, it has been reported.

We have already had good experiences with AEG in Berlin and Paris."

part.The current champions are Greece's Panathinaikos, who triumphed at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy


Tamgho sets Paris alight with world triple jump record

  • Athletics

his own world record in the triple jump on his way to victory in the European Indoor Championships in Paris

Gatlin at the 2004 Athens Olympics by one-hundredth of a second, proved to have the superior dip in the Bercy

arena, east Paris, winning in 6.53sec.Chambers was 0.01sec off, with Lemaitre, who won an unprecedented


Farah races to European indoor 3,000m title

  • Athletics

Britain's Mohammed Mo Farah today retained his 3,000 metres title at the European Indoor Championships in Paris

"Winning in Bercy, keeping my title, jumping more than six metres, all of this on the same day.


Ennis pulls out of Euro Indoors with ankle problem

  • Athletics

brightest hopes for London 2012, has withdrawn from the European Indoor Championships which start in Paris

and European heptathlon champion, who was due to compete at the Championships which take place at the Bercy

"I have thought long and hard about whether to compete at the European Indoor Championships in Paris


Kerr's outstanding life in judo receives special recognition

  • Judo

February 7 - British Judo Association (BJA) President George Kerr has been awarded the 10th Dan – making him only the seventh 10th Dan in the world and the fifth non-Japanese judoka ever to receive the honour.

Kerr, a 72-year-old from Edinburgh, was presented with the honour in front of 14,000 judo fans at the Bercy

Stadium in Paris, which is this weekend staging the prestigious Paris Grand Slam.


NBA match at 2012 Olympic venue sells out

  • Archive News

 JULY 29 - THE NBA Live Europe match in October between Miami Heat and the New Jersey Nets at the O2, an Olympic venue for 2012, have sold out, it was announced today.

NBA Europe Live 2008 will tip-off in Paris on October 9 when the Heat and the Nets face-off at the Palais

Omnisports de Paris Bercy, followed by the London game at the O2.