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World number 5 too strong for Boonyaprapa
May 21, 2022 | Paul Stimpson Naphong Boonyaprapa and Rhys Davies advanced furthest for England in singles competition at the ISF World Schools Gymnasiade in France, reaching the last 16. All eight England players qualified through the group stages, with the four boys winning their group and the four girls all finishing runners-up. In the …
Today in Korean History | Yonhap News Agency
1882 — The Joseon dynasty of Korea (1392-1910) and the United States enter into a trade agreement. 1907 — Lee Wan-yong, a Japanese politician and collaborator in the Joseon dynasty, is appointed prime minister. The Euijeongbu, the highest administrative body of the dynasty, is transformed into a Cabinet. 1963 — South Korea establishes diplomatic relations …
Meet the Solihull company that designs the FLOORS for the Commonwealth Games – and it’s not a boring job
One of the flooring suppliers for the Commonwealth Games remains anchored ahead of supplying new flooring for the multi-sport event. Neon Arena Services, based in Solihull, will manufacture new floors for the badminton event at the NEC this summer. The company has already completed pitches for the 2002 and 2014 Commonwealth Games in Manchester and …
The English boys finish in the top four, while the girls finish seventh
May 19, 2022 | Paul Stimpson The English boys took fourth place and the girls were seventh as the team events at the ISF World Schools Gymnasiade in France drew to a close. The boys faced off in the semi-finals against a very strong Romanian side with four players in the top six in Europe …
IndianOil Shuttles Fuel India’s Historic Thomas Cup Victory
The Indian badminton team that made history by winning the coveted Thomas Cup, had four star commuters employed by Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), the country’s biggest oil company, said on Thursday. May 15, 2022 proved to be a momentous day for Indian badminton, as the national team made history by winning the coveted Thomas Cup …
Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022 – tickets, schedule, jobs, venues, volunteering and more
It’s been in the works for years, but finally the Commonwealth Games are upon us and coming to Birmingham – and in less than 100 days too! Birmingham 2022 aims for the 16th edition of the multi-sport event to be the biggest, best and brightest Games ever. Over 11 days of spectacular sport will take …
31st SEA Games – May 18, 2022
SIBOL NAILS FIRST GOLDEN ESPORTS Sibol won her first esports gold in Vietnam as GrindSky Eris dominated the women’s division of League of Legends: Wild Rift. GrindSky Eris is the first all-female SEA Games champion in esports. (READ: History is made as Sibol reigns over women’s Wild Rift for first esports gold) KAYLA RICHARDSON WINS …
Wayne Rooney’s 7 Wagatha Christie bombshells – from impact on Coleen to awkward conversation
Wayne Rooney testified in his wife Coleen’s defamation lawsuit with Rebekah Vardy and claimed he had “no knowledge” of the sting operation that led to Coleen’s now famous tweet. Video loading Video unavailable The video will start automatically soon8Cancel play now Rebekah and Jamie Vardy leave court after sixth day of trial Wayne Rooney testified …
Wagatha Christie: Wayne Rooney spoke to Jamie Vardy about Rebekah issues at Euro 2016
Wayne Rooney spoke to Jamie Vardy about the issues surrounding his wife Rebekah during Euro 2016, a court has heard. Rooney was giving evidence in the High Court on Tuesday in the libel trial involving his wife Colleen and former England team-mate Vardy’s wife Rebekah. The 35-year-old, now Derby County manager, explained: ‘Someone asked me …
Qatar wins three golds and one silver at GCC Games
Qatar clinched three golds and a silver on the opening day of the GCC Games in Kuwait on Monday.Qatar’s first gold medal went to Samar Mansouri who came out on top in the women’s pole vault (3.40m). The other two gold medals were won by Tosin Ogunode and Ammar Ibrahim.Qatar’s Jakarta Asian Games silver medalist …
Howard McCain shares 40 years of financial planning experience
A seasoned financial planner has written a book to demystify the world he’s worked in for nearly 40 years. Howard McCain worked in financial services for 39 years, leaving school in Sunderland to start working at the South Shields branch of NatWest Bank in 1982. He worked throughout the region in NatWest’s retail business for …
Thomas Cup 2022 is India PM’s Best Sports Win
Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to India’s badminton team that won the historic Thomas Cup victory on Sunday to congratulate the team. He said sports analysts will have to regard this as India’s greatest sporting victory. He said he was especially happy that the team didn’t lose any sets. He also told the Prime Minister …
Early May Jewish Sports Clips from Victoria – The Australian Jewish News
SOCCER Walk straight in football Six members of Maccabi FC Caulfield’s (MFCC) Foot Soccer Group traveled to Bendigo on May 6 to play two friendly matches against Bendigo University of the Third Age on an indoor futsal pitch. Soccer is a modified, low-impact form of play that makes the sport accessible to older players, those …
Eddie Kantar: An all-time great bridge who will be sorely missed – The Royal Gazette
Big personality: Bridge great Eddie Cantar, who died last month at the age of 89 (Photograph courtesy of the American Contract Bridge League) Before arriving at the column, the men’s and women’s pairs championships will take place on Saturday, May 21, with two sessions in the morning and afternoon. Registration numbers have been quite low …
Spicer back for ‘WASA’ tournament | local sports
CATHERINE SPICER will be back after almost three years today in the WASA Table Tennis Club Classification Tournament at St Joseph’s Community Centre, Market Street. The 26-year-old has not been seen since being crowned national champion for the second consecutive time in mid-2019. Spicer, who spent three months training in Spain the previous year, only …
Bello Dreams ITTF Championship Title
Teenage sensation, Sunday Akintan, 17, is among Abuja athletes from different parts of the country jostling to be included in the country’s squad for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games scheduled for July and August.The competition in Abuja is the third and final stage of the All Comers competition, which involves the best athletes in the …
TTFI will offer an equal price for the new table tennis season
The Committee of Administrators (CoA), which manages the affairs of the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI), said on Thursday that it would offer equal prize money to men and women in all national zonal tournaments, including the national championships in all age groups. A statement from the CoA reads: “We hereby decide that male …
India dominates the roost – The Hindu
India won all but one title at the South Asian Junior and Cadet Table Tennis Championships which ended in Male on Thursday. India did not participate in the junior boys’ team event as they had already qualified for the Asia Junior Championships. Bangladesh won the event in the absence of India. The Indian paddlers have …
Kuwait Swimming Federation: 8 players to represent Kuwait National Team at 3rd GCC Games – ARAB TIMES
WhatsApp Facebook Twitter E-mail Messenger This message has been read 724 times! KUWAIT CITY, May 11: The Kuwait Swimming Federation has announced that eight players will represent the national team in the third game of the GCC which will take place in Kuwait from May 13-31. A total of 1,700 female and male players will …
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La Grange’s man on the moon with US National Doubles Pickleball Championship – Chicago Tribune
The fastest growing sport in the country has produced a national champion from La Grange. Bob Poggensee, 59, won the national doubles championship in the 50-plus age group at the sixth Minto USA National Pickleball Championships in Naples, Florida. “We were over the moon,” Poggensee said of his side’s victory. “My partner jumped into my …
Amanyiyo and Napookoli on the hunt for Team Uganda medals at the 2022 ISF World School Games
International School Sports (Table Tennis): 14and – 24and May 2022 Town in Normandy, France Six table tennis players make the Uganda Schools squad for the 19and edition of the World School Games of International School Sports (ISF) in Normandy, France. There are three male and female players each in this team. Men’s two seed Philip …
The POA will finalize the CWG questions at tomorrow’s meeting
KARACHI: The Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) will hold a crucial meeting with the national federations on Tuesday (tomorrow) to finalize various matters relating to the Commonwealth Games to be held in Birmingham from July 28 to August 8. The meeting will also be attended by the Managing Director of the Pakistan Sports Board (PSB), Colonel …
Can sport bet on China to host events after COVID postponements?
You viewed more than 50 articles in the last 12 months. Keep Olympic News Free Support insidethegames.biz for just £10 For nearly 15 years now, insidethegames.biz has been at the forefront of fearless reporting on what’s happening in the Olympic Movement. As the first website not to be placed behind a paywall, we have made …
Ons Jabeur refines quest to inspire more Arab women into tennis
Ons Jabeur’s long-standing goal is for her historic exploits on the court to lead more Arab women into tennis. Becoming the first Arab player to win a Grand Slam in the French Open final next month would do wonders for achieving that. IPL 2022 – FULL COVERAGE | SCHEDULE | RESULTS | ORANGE CAP | …
How they made Dewi Lake Wales’ most exciting new rugby player
Many people had started selling shares in Dewi Lake just 12 months ago as the young Ospreys player desperately tried to master the most important part of his job. Can’t throw with precision? It was almost as if a lifeguard couldn’t swim. The ball often ended up anywhere but where it should have ended up …
World Snooker Championship chiefs in talks over plans for a 3,000 seat venue next to the Crucible
Organizers of the World Snooker Championship are studying a proposal to build a new 3,000 seater arena to stage the tournament alongside the Crucible. Jason Ferguson, president of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, is in talks with architect James Burland, who designed a purpose-built venue with a bridge connecting it to the event’s …
Preparations for the Chengdu 2022 World Table Tennis Team Championships continue
You viewed more than 50 articles in the last 12 months. Keep Olympic News Free Support insidethegames.biz for just £10 For nearly 15 years now, insidethegames.biz has been at the forefront of fearless reporting on what’s happening in the Olympic Movement. As the first website not to be placed behind a paywall, we have made …
10 most popular sports in the world
The game is popular in all corners of the world, but determining which are the most popular sports in the world is not a challenge. Sports are popular for many reasons. Staying healthy, for example, is often cited as a reason to exercise. Others will tell you that they play games for entertainment. Sports are …
Find a competition – Table Tennis England
Enter your postal code below to find a contest in your area. To search by competition type, Click hereand select an ‘Event Category’ (on the right side of the page). Please note the closing date of each event. If you register after this date, you may find that your registration will not be accepted. Tentative …
Weald TTC returns to its roots for a new session
Weald Table Tennis Club, founded in Benenden Village Hall as Benenden TT Club in 1994, returns to its Benenden roots from Sunday when it will begin weekly evening ‘open, catch-all’ training sessions » in the village hall from Sunday 15 May, 6.30 a.m. to 8.30 p.m. The club, originally an initiative of former schoolboy and …
Carli Lloyd sees more professional athletes investing in the NWSL
Carli Lloyd played her last game for Gotham FC last year, but the two-time FIFA World Cup champion is already returning, this time as owner. “I feel like I have even more to give and I was really excited about the direction the club was going,” the New Jersey native told Front Office Sports. Lloyd …
Relive the drama of the Mark Bates Ltd Cadet, U17 and Junior National Championships!
May 4, 2022 | Paul Stimpson If you missed the Mark Bates Ltd Cadet, Under 17 and Junior National Championships, you can catch up now with our YouTube playlist. We’ve streamed two University of Nottingham shorts live on our Facebook page, and the best of the action from the semi-finals and finals has now been …
Performance on Bias to Harness Table Tennis Talents – The New Indian Express
Express press service CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu has a rich table tennis history. Since the 1980s, the state has become an assembly line for paddlers internationally. First there was the late V Chandrasekar, followed by S Raman, A Sharath Kamal, Anthony Amalraj and most recently G Sathiyan (this list is not exhaustive). The aforementioned five players …
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Easy to pick up and even easier to hook, pickleball grows in Alaska
Mary Klassen, left, and Janet Hunter celebrate after scoring a point in their pickleball match during a tournament at the McDonald Memorial Center in Eagle River on Saturday. (Emily Mesner/DNA) It didn’t take long for Marty Freeman to get hooked. Freeman, who competed in the Midnight Sun Pickleball Spring Thaw Tournament last weekend in Eagle …
“The world ranking is now more representative of the current level of players”
The latest proposal made by the World Ranking Working Group (WRWG) has been approved. It includes the complete removal of “initial points”, the extension of the validity of all points earned in 2021 senior events and the restriction of the number of youth events counting towards the senior classification. The changes take effect from today, …
Wimbledon ban on Russian and Belarus players ‘unfair’: Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal has deemed Wimbledon’s decision to ban Russian and Belarus players from the championships “unfair”, the Spanish tennis legend told reporters in Madrid on Sunday. The 21-time Major winner believes the All England Club have chosen “the more drastic option” and hopes the tours can find a way to interfere with the ban. Wimbledon …
Pickleball growth raises racket in Victoria, amid bans over noise complaints – Campbell River Mirror
Pickleball players readily admit their sport is noisy, but complaining about noise from people having a good time is out of the question, players and officials say. Connie McCann bounces a ball off her paddle and says rhythmic pok-pok-pok is about as loud as road traffic or rain on a rooftop. Not everyone agrees. In …
We try to help niche companies in India to become sports professionals: Parimatch
Parimatch focuses on using technology to make its product safe for users. The iGaming Parimatch brand has been working diligently in India to try to create a space for enthusiasts to gamble for leisure and indulge in monitored online betting games. Team Parimatch intends to expand its footprint in India by creating work opportunities as …
Pickleball growth raises racket in Victoria, city bans sport in some parks over noise complaints
Pickleball players readily admit their sport is noisy, but complaining about noise from people having a good time is out of the question, players and officials say. Connie McCann bounces a ball off her paddle and says rhythmic pok-pok-pok is about as loud as road traffic or rain on a rooftop. Not everyone agrees. In …
Deaflympics 2021 in Brazil – here’s what you need to know about the quadrennial event
The world’s best hearing-impaired athletes from around the world will descend on the main pavilion of the Festa da Uva for the opening ceremony of the 24th Deaflympics in the southern city of Caxias do Sol, Brazil, on Sunday. As with the Olympics, the Deaflympics are held once every four years. It is a party …