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WORLD SPORT
NEWS ROUND UP
THAI UNREST
LEADS TO PLAYERS
CHAMPIONSHIP
SWITCH
The Snooker’s Players Championship is to
be moved from Thailand due to political
unrest in the south-east Asian country.
The 32-man tournament, which is the conclusion to the
European and Asian Tour series, was due to take place in
Bangkok from March 25-29.
However, World Snooker, the sport’s international governing
body, said it has been advised to seek an alternative location
and negotiations are under way with potential venues in the UK
and Europe.
The announcement marks the latest sporting event to be
withdrawn from Thailand due to the ongoing discontent in
the country. The OneAsia golf organisation announced the
postponement of its 2014 Thailand Open. December’s Race of
Champions motorsport event, which was due to be staged in
Bangkok, was cancelled due to the political protests in the city.
The Players Championship features 24 qualifiers from the
European Tour Order of Merit and eight from its Asian counterpart,
with the winner scooping £100,000 (€120,800/$163,300) of
a £300,000 prize fund. China’s Ding Junhui overcame Neil
Robertson of Australia 4-3 to win the 2013 event in Galway,
Ireland.
REAL MADRID TO HOLD
FOOTBALL CLASSES IN
CHINESE SCHOOLS
Real Madrid has signed an agreement
with the Chinese Ministry of Education
to implement a project that seeks to
introduce football classes in the country’s
state schools.
The project will be financed by a group of private businesses
and public institutions from China and other countries.
CHINA
THAILAND
2014 HANDBALL CUP
FINALS TO BE HELD IN
BERLIN
The 2014 European Handball Federation
(EHF) Cup Finals will take place in the
German capital of Berlin. The two-day
event will take place on 17-18 May and be hosted by Füchse
Berlin, which is competing in the EHF Cup. The event will take
place at the 9,000-capacity Max-Schmeling Hall.
Berlin edged out six other bids from Brest and Montpellier in
France as well as London, Athens, Stuttgart and Luxembourg.
EHF president Jean Brihault said: “Handball’s profile in Berlin
has grown significantly in recent years, and after the EHF Cup
Finals’ highly successful premiere in Nantes last season, I am
confident that the German capital is the right choice for the
second edition of this top-class club event.”
GERMANY
World No. 1 Mark Selby at the Snooker German Masters 2013
In the 2010 European Men’s Handball Championship, Daniel
Narcisse from France could not be stopped by Hungary’s Kornél
Nagy and Balázs Laluska.
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©STEINDY 2010