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Xtend Barre Workout: a fitness success story
The Xtend Barre Workout, a fusion of Pilates and dance designed to impart co-ordination, rhythm and cardiovascular fitness, has been one of the fitness success stories of the...
Dec 11, 2013
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UNESCO and ICSS join forces to protect sport integrity
In a major step forward in the battle to protect integrity in sport, UNESCO has concluded a strategic partnership agreement with the International Centre for Sport Security...
Dec 11, 2013
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Thailand aims to improve tourism safety
Thailand Government agencies are combining to improve visitor safety with a recent Memorandum of Understanding on tourism protection agreed between the Ministry of Tourism and...
Dec 10, 2013
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Inquest hears of risky surf conditions at 2012 Surf Life Saving Championships
Several witnesses have told an inquest into the death of teenage lifesaver Matthew Barclay about challenging conditions at the 2012 Surf Life Saving Championships on the Gold...
Dec 9, 2013
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India agrees to board changes after threat to Olympic participation
The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has amended its constitution after a threat to its participation in the Olympics. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) suspended India...
Dec 9, 2013
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India faces Olympic expulsion
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach says India face expulsion from the Olympic movement unless they comply with ethics rules. India were suspended by the...
Dec 7, 2013
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New Zealand moves to safeguard sports integrity
New Zealand Sport and Recreation Minister Murray McCully has announced the formation of a senior officials' inter-agency group and the implementation of a national match fixing...
Dec 6, 2013
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Workout World enters administration as name lives on with Super Retail Group
Fitness equipment business Workout World has collapsed into administration less than a month after finalising a deal to sell its key assets to the Super Retail Group....
Dec 4, 2013
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PCYC Laser Tag program engages Queensland youth
A Police Citizens Youth Club (PCYC) Queensland initiative that includes laser skirmish games, boxing training and sport sponsorships for disadvantaged youth is engaging...
Dec 1, 2013
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South Australia to ban sunbeds as ABC reports on tanning black market
Bringing the State in line with the rest of Australia, the South Australian Government has drafted special regulations to ban the commercial use of cosmetic tanning units from...
Nov 18, 2013
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New Zealand Government legislates for SkyCity Auckland's new convention centre
The New Zealand Parliament has this week passed legislation allowing the New Zealand International Convention Centre to be built. This legislation means that SkyCity will invest...
Nov 14, 2013
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Inquest urged to examine safety precautions at national lifesaver titles
An inquest into the death of a 14-year-old Queensland surf lifesaver is due to begin in Brisbane next month. Matthew Barclay drowned while competing at the Australian Surf Life...
Nov 14, 2013
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Police release CCTV of arson attack on Sydney trampoline centre
Police investigating an arson attack on the Planet X Entertainment trampoline centre at Richmond in Sydney's north west have released video footage that they will lead to the...
Nov 7, 2013
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Six drown as Thai tourist ferry capsizes
Six people have drowned after a ferry capsized off the coast of Thailand. The overcrowded boat went down while it was making the short journey from the island of Ko Larn to the...
Nov 4, 2013
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Pilot error blamed for fatal New Zealand balloon crash
Transport investigators in New Zealand say pilot error caused a balloon crash that killed 11 people in January last year. The final report from the Transport Accident...
Nov 2, 2013
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Victoria bans smoking at sporting venues, playgrounds, skate parks and pools
Following similar legislation in other States, legislation amending Victoria's Tobacco Act to ban smoking at children's playgrounds and other public spaces has passed through...
Nov 2, 2013
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FIFA imposes global ban on players in Victorian football match-fixing scandal
World football governing body FIFA has imposed global sanctions on four players and a coach from the Southern Stars Victorian Premier League side amid a criminal investigation...
Nov 1, 2013
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ACCC to audit fitness franchises
Australia's competition watchdog is to use its audit power to check whether franchisors in the fitness industry are complying with the franchising code of conduct, after the...
Oct 31, 2013
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Child dies after South Australian playground slide fall
A six-year-old boy has died in South Australia after a playground slide fell on to him. The boy was playing with friends in the township of Farrell Flat, 200 kilometres north of...
Oct 28, 2013
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Western Australian Minister predicts solariums shut down
Western Australian Health Minister Kim Hames says the State is likely to follow in the footsteps of the rest of Australia and shut down sun beds. With Queensland announcing that...
Oct 27, 2013
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Cancer Council welcomes Queensland solarium ban
Having banned new commercial solariums starting business since January this year, the Queensland Government is to ban all commercial sunbeds, with the Cancer Council welcoming...
Oct 21, 2013
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APRA and PPNZ Music come together: OneMusic licence set to be benefit New Zealand businesses
The coming together of the Australasian Performing Right Association Limited (APRA) and PPNZ Music Licensing to create a world-first, single music licence is set to benefit...
Oct 21, 2013
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Partnership to improve integrity in sport
International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS) and World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) announce global integrity partnership The International Centre...
Oct 17, 2013
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Lower Hutt's Jenkins Gym named Radical Fitness station
Radical Fitness has selected Jenkins Gym, in Lower Hutt (Wellington) as a new 'Radical Station' for the lower North Island and upper South Island regions of New Zealand. To be...
Oct 9, 2013
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