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01.06.2013 Lundanes needs time out
The Norwegian double World Champion Olav Lundanes is not present at the races in the Nordic Tour. He is tired. On Monday this week Lundanes was selected for the Norwegian team for the first two races in NORT. Two days later the decision was taken that he won’t take part at all. “He needs to [...]

01.06.2013 “Traditional sport in new & exciting format”
The Norwegian Minister of Health Jonas Gahr Støre followed the World Cup race in Oslo and also handed out the prizes. He liked what he saw. “It was interesting to follow the race just like it is with other sports at high level”, he says. He talked to some of the athletes and could watch [...]

01.06.2013 Kyburz: “Good to see I have the level”
With a margin of 16 seconds, Matthias Kyburz won the fourth World Cup race this season and showed that he is really back in business. “I have been a bit unsure of myself recently”, says the World Champion in sprint in Lausanne. When he took part in Silva League events in Sweden some weeks ago [...]

01.06.2013 Nordic Tour: Swiss favourites win first sprint
Twenty seconds and sixteen seconds: convincing victories for respectively Simone Niggli and Matthias Kyburz, the pre-race favourites for today’s sprint in Oslo, the first race of this year’s Nordic Tour and the fourth race of the World Cup series.

01.06.2013 Minna Kauppi on the way to Vuokatti
Our Athlete of the Month is the big home favourite at the upcoming World Orienteering Championships. Whole Finland, and several other countries, will be following her every step in the terrains in Vuokatti, Finland, in July. But what is the story behind Minna? Who is she, what does she do, and how does she train? Find out that and more in Athlete of the Month!

31.05.2013 Live streaming from World Cup events in Norway this weekend
Orienteering World Cup 2013 Round 2, Nordic Tour, will kick off this weekend, 1-2 June, in Oslo, Norway. Live streaming from the Sprint and Middle distance events will be provided by the the Norwegian broadcasting company NRK.

31.05.2013 Marius Vizer new President of the SportAccord
The SportAccord General Assembly has just elected Marius Vizer (President of the International Judo Federation) new President of SportAccord. Vizer succeeds Hein Verbruggen, who decided to step down as President.

28.05.2013 World University Orienteering Championships 2014 programme confirmed
The event dates for the World University Orienteering Championships (WUOC) 2014 in Olomouc, Czech Republic, have been confirmed as 12-17 August.

27.05.2013 IWGA, ARISF, and IMGA General Meetings
Several associations held their annual meetings today at SportAccord Convention in St Petersburg, Russia.

27.05.2013 The IOF stand ready for SportAccord
The 11th edition of sport’s most important annual gathering has gotten underway with a series of General Assemblies  and Annual Meetings today and tomorrow before the SportAccord Convention opening ceremony tomorrow evening kicks off two days of conference sessions.