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©GettyQualified for Beijing: Women’s Hockey Tournament
(8 May 2008)
The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has announced the pools for the Women’s Hockey Tournament of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. The 12 participating teams have been allocated to the following two pools:
Two Pools
Pool A: Netherlands, Australia, China, Spain, Korea, South Africa. Pool B: Argentina, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Great Britain, USA.
The match schedule for...
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- Olympic Legends Offer their Services as Personal Trainers! (6 May 2008)
- 2009 Edition of the Researchers’ Grant Programme (30 April 2008)
- Qualified for Beijing: draws for the basketball tournaments (28 April 2008)
- Athletes passionately express their feelings on Beijing 2008 (24 April 2008)
- SOCHI 2014: Strong Foundations Laid (23 April 2008)
MEDIA CENTRE
IOC launches tender process for sale of broadcast rights in Europe
(8 May 2008)
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today launched the tender process for the sale of the broadcast and exhibition rights for all territories within Europe for the XXII Olympic Winter Games (2014) in Sochi, Russia, and the Games of the XXXI Olympiad (2016).
The Invitation to Tender issued by the IOC provides organisations interested in acquiring the rights with specific...
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- IOC awards 2010 & 2012 broadcast rights in Japan (29 April 2008)
- Athletes passionately express their feelings on Beijing 2008 (24 April 2008)
- Strong Foundations Laid for Sochi 2014 (23 April 2008)
- IOC Press Conferences Beijing (10 April 2008)
- IOC satisfied with renewed assurances from Beijing organisers (3 April 2008)
SPORTS NEWS
- Tennis > Tennis: German Open tournament results
- Baseball > Baseball: Results and Standings in baseball's American League
- Baseball > Results and standings in baseball's National League
- Basketball > Basketball: NBA playoff results - collated
- Ice Hockey > Ice Hockey: World championships qualification round group tables
- Ice Hockey > Ice hockey: NHL playoff results
- Basketball > Basketball: NBA playoff results
- Ice Hockey > Ice Hockey: World championship result: USA 6 Germany 4
- Ice Hockey > Ice Hockey: World championship result: Czech 5 Switzerland 0
- Ice Hockey > Ice Hockey: World championship result: Canada 2 Norway 1
CURRENT AND FUTURE EVENTS
| Date | Activity/Sport | Event | City | Country |
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| 10/05/2008
11/05/2008 |
Athletics | 23rd IAAF World Race Walking Cup | Cheboxary | Russian Federation (RUS) |
| 10/05/2008
11/05/2008 |
Cycling | UCI Mountain bike World Cup | Maribor | Slovenia (SLO) |
| 01/10/2008
31/10/2007 |
Boxing | AIBA Cadet World Championships | Other countries (ZZZ) |
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