Briefs for UN Security Council highlight how millions of people remain trapped in a vicious cycle of violence and hunger Joint FAO-WFP news release 29 July 2016, Rome - Protracted conflicts affecting 17 countries have driven millions ...
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Cliff Keen Athletic hired Emily Martin as its new sales manager, to manage and foster its growing sales in the Wrestling and Officials Wear categories. Martin comes to Cliff Keen Athletic from the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball, ...
Asics America Group, which includes the United States, Canada, Mexico and Brazil, reported that net sales increased by 3 percent in the third quarter of 2015 and grew 8.5 percent on a currency-neutral basis. Asics America Corporation, which ...
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The three-member Texas Railroad Commission on Tuesday accepted the findings of the commission staff that two oil and gas wastewater disposal wells were not the likely cause of a series of earthquakes that shook parts of North Texas in late ...
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A winter Nadam as well as a fire sacrifice festival kicked off on Tuesday in Old Barag Banner (county) of Hulunbuir, a city of North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region. Popular sports events and entertainment among ethnic Mongolians ...
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The number of participants in high school sports increased for the 26th consecutive year in 2014-15 topping the 7.8 million mark for the first time according to the annual High School Athletics Participation Survey conducted by the National ...
The 150-sq.-ft. areas in select stores will aim to pair the direct-to-customer destination for athletes to Champs Sports. In Eastbay Performance Zones, Champs' customers will have access to all Eastbay'sinventory. There also will be a ...
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The National Sporting Goods Association announced that Shellie Pfohl and Anthony Robles has joined its list of speakers for the 50th NSGA Management Conference and 16th Team Dealer Summit. ADVERTISEMENT Pfohl, the executive director of ...
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Hawk-Eye is a device used to reconstruct the track of the ball for LBW decisions in cricket and for line calls in tennis. It will be much in evidence during the remaining Ashes tests and is now being used for goal-line decisions in Premier ...
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The U.S. National Institutes of Health is teaming up with the National Football League on research into the long-term effects of repeated head injuries and improving concussion diagnosis. The projects will be supported largely through a ...
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Volvo Trucks has created a new clothing collection inspired by the company’s latest truck model for heavy construction duties – the Volvo FMX. The collection is a part of a newly launched partnership between Volvo Trucks and ...
Continuing our article series on natural beauties, which started with the Clay Forest of Zhada, this time we’re going to Southwestern China, in the Yunnan province to see the famous Stone Forest in the Shilin County. Covering more ...
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Hollie Blue Inc. is proud to announce that its top sponsored fighter, Adrian Woolley, is launching a bold new company, Crimson Raid, which promotes the exceptional abilities of wrestlers, fighters and kabaddi players. Crimson Raid ...
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The International Olympic Committee’s executive board has trimmed the number of sport hopefuls for the final open slot during the 2020 Games to three from eight. The final vote to determine which activity—baseball/softball, ...
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The Chinese acrobatics has a long history and rich national flavor. It is one of the art forms most popular among the Chinese people. In a broad sense, acrobatics is the collective name of various kinds of feats. In the primitive society, ...
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